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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Valar mourn the loss of at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Finwe's death.
(b) Feanor's departure.
(c) The Trees of Valinor.
(d) Fingolfin's death.

2. What does Melkor attack but fails, becoming more closely bound to the earth?
(a) The moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) A star.
(d) Manwe.

3. Who is known as the Spirit of Fire in the book?
(a) Earendil.
(b) Feanor.
(c) Fingon.
(d) Thingol.

4. Who plants seeds to bring order to Ea?
(a) Yavanna.
(b) Meilan.
(c) Namo.
(d) Feanor.

5. What does Feanor do to the ships he uses to get to Middle-earth in Chapter 9?
(a) Burns them.
(b) Sells them.
(c) Gives them away.
(d) Sinks them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melkor claim he taught Feanor at the end of Chapter 6?

2. What is the name of King Thingol and Melian's people?

3. Whose departure do the Valar mourn at the beginning of Chapter 11?

4. What is the title of Chapter 12?

5. Where do Melkor and Ungoliant sneak into where they find a feast?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Feanor's birth described in the book?

2. Describe what happens after Iluvator creates the Ainur to sing for him.

3. How does Melkor react to the creation of the sun?

4. How are Orome's followers first described?

5. How are the eight High Ones of Arda first described?

6. How is the Isle of Balar created?

7. How do the Teleri act towards Feanor when he tries to leave for Middle-earth?

8. How are the Sindar first described in the book?

9. How does the Valar create the sun and moon for Middle-earth?

10. How are the Lonely Islands created?

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