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Quiz: Unfinished Tales

Test your knowledge of Unfinished Tales. Every question is backed by a chapter reference.

Series · Unfinished Tales, Expert19 questions

  1. What kind of account is 'The Quest of Erebor' in Unfinished Tales?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Quest of Erebor

  2. In Unfinished Tales, various additional materials on the Second Age are gathered together under which title?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, Part Two, IV, The History of Galadriel and Celeborn

  3. Who was the last to hold the lordship of Andúnië?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor

  4. How are the surviving accounts of Galadriel's long life during the Second Age described?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, Part Two, ch. IV, The History of Galadriel and Celeborn

  5. What was Gandalf called while he dwelt in Valinor?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Istari

  6. Where did the seafarers of Númenor first come to in Middle-earth?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, Part 2, ch. II: Aldarion and Erendis

  7. In the tale of Beren and Lúthien, which place did they ultimately reach?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, Part One, ch. 2, 'Narn i Hîn Húrin'

  8. What kind of beings are the Wizards, according to Unfinished Tales?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Istari

  9. In which account is Gandalf's later assessment of how the quest to Erebor came about preserved?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Quest of Erebor

  10. Húrin and Huor belonged to which House?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, Narn i Hîn Húrin

  11. Who kept the seven Seeing Stones for a long time?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, Part Four, III The Palantíri

  12. According to Tolkien's later notes, what does the name Tharkûn mean?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Istari

  13. The essay on the Istari included in Unfinished Tales was published...

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Istari

  14. In 'The Quest of Erebor', what was kept together with Thror's map to the secret door?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Quest of Erebor

  15. In the later commentary, the Seeing Stones are treated as the property of whom?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, Part Four, III: The Palantíri

  16. What were the Istari, in terms of their nature?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Istari

  17. Why were the Wizards sent to Middle-earth?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Istari

  18. Who took the Lonely Mountain as King under the Mountain?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Quest of Erebor

  19. Who chose Gandalf for the mission to Middle-earth?

    Source: Unfinished Tales, The Istari

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