"The Darkening"
1. Why did the Valar release Melkor from bondage?
AnswerAfter his sentence was over Melkor put on such a convincing show of repentance that he was released.
2. What happened to any mortal flesh or anything of evil that touched the Silmarils?
Answer It became scorched and withered.
3. What was Fëanor’s punishment for drawing his sword against a kinsman?
AnswerHe was banished from the elven city, Tirion, for twelve years.
4. Did Fëanor agree to give the Silmarils to Yavanna?
AnswerNo.
5. What servants of Melkor saved him from Ungoliant?
AnswerThe Balrogs.
6. What did Morgoth do with the Silmarils?
AnswerHe set them in a crown of iron and wore it always.
7. What oath did Fëanor and his seven sons make, calling the Everlasting Dark upon themselves if they did not keep it?
AnswerThey vowed to pursue with vengeance and hatred to the ends of the World anyone who tried to keep a Silmaril from them.
8. What was the cause of the Kinslaying at Alqualondë?
AnswerThe Teleri refused to give their ships to the Noldor so the Noldor took them by force.
9. Which of Finwë’s three sons returned to Valinor after Mandos proclaimed the Doom of the Noldor?
AnswerFinarfin.
10. What event was the first fulfillment of the Prophecy?
AnswerWhen the Noldor came to the strait of Helcaraxë, Fëanor and his sons took the few ships and crossed, leaving Fingolfin's followers stranded in the cold. Fëanor then burned the
ships.