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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what race do the Drugs live with?

2. What does Isildur do when he returns home from the great war?

3. How many of the Istari came to the land of men and elves?

4. What happens if a carving that a Drug creates is injured?

5. Where does Nimrodel want to be before she agrees to marry Amroth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the tale of Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife why could Erendis forgive Aldarion the first time he left for sea but not the second time?

Why did Erendis agree to send their daughter but refuse to come herself? Why did Aldarion not go and ask Erendis himself for her to come back if he had wanted her to come back like he said?

Essay Topic 2

Turin's parents are so upset by the death of their daughter Urwen that they grieve for a long period of time leaving Turin to be reared by Sador.

1) Did Turin's parents put their own grief ahead of his needs as a child?

2) Should they have included him in their grief?

3) Would Turin's fate have been any different if they had managed to hold him close rather than distance themselves from him? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Brandir had worked against Turin seemingly from the beginning.

Is Turin right to assume that Brandir is lying when he announces that Nienor is dead? Why did Turin kill Brandir if he thought Turin was lying about Nienor's death?

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