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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 is the name of Dior's daughter who escapes with the Silmaril after she is killed?

2. What is the name of Barahir's son who is the only one to survive in his family?

3. Who drives a knife into Glaurung's belly but is killed by the monster?

4. Whose feast does Eol attend when his wife and son leave for Gondolin?

5. What is the relationship between Elrond and Elros?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Eol forbid Maeglin to go to Gondolin?

2. How is Gorlim tricked into revealing the location of Barahir?

3. How are the Men who dwell on Numenor protected?

4. How do Beren and Luthien fall in love?

5. Why are the Men of Numenor forbidden to sail westward out of sight of the city?

6. How is Fegalund's association with Men first described in the book?

7. How does Fingon defeat the dragon Glaurung?

8. What are Earendil's two purposes as lord of the people of Sirion?

9. How is Aman lost from Men forever?

10. How does Finduilas die in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of beauty in the book. What reason might the author have for presenting beauty as a literal enchanter of Men in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the concept of kinship and friendship in the book. How important does having a sense of kinship with other races have in the culmination of peace and harmony on Ea?

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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