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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two races of children of Iluvatar?

2. What do the Valar create to refortify Valinor after remembering Melkor's destruction of Almaren?

3. What do the sun and moon give light to after they are created?

4. Where does Yavanna often go to heal the ruin caused by Melkor in Arda?

5. What is the gap in the great walls of Pelori created for the Vanyar and Noldor to see?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Orome's followers first described?

3. How are the Lonely Islands created?

4. Why do the Dwarves give the Sindar arms?

5. What happens when Men and Elves become estranged in Chapter 12?

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

7. How does Melkor steal the Silmarils?

8. Describe the feast that Melkor and Ungoliant attend when they sneak into the Land of Aman.

9. How is Tulkas' search for Melkor described in the book?

10. How is Aule's creation of the Dwarves described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the concept of honor in the book. What characters represented honor in the book, and what traits did they possess to give them this title?

Essay Topic 2

The concept of light is one presented as a beacon of hope and the triumph of good in the book.

Part 1.) What role does light play in the symbols of good such as the Trees of Valinor, the Silmarils, and the White Tree?

Part 2.) What might the author wish for light to represent symbolically in regards to religion?

Part 3.) What is revealed about the goodness of light based on Melkor's reaction to it in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the portrayal of pride in the book. What is revealed about the repercussions of having pride based on Feanor's fate?

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