The War of Wrath
1. What did Morgoth promise to give Maeglin?
AnswerLordship of Gondolin and possession of Idril Celebrindal.
2. How did some of the people of Gondolin escape?
AnswerIdril had ordered a secret way out made.
3. Why did Eärendil want to find Valinor?
AnswerHe wanted to plead with the Valar to aid Middle-earth.
4. What did Manwë decree for Eärendil, Elwing, and their sons?
AnswerThey were to choose which of Two Kindred they would belong to.
5. Eärendil was not allowed to return to Middle-earth. What was the task given to him by Manwë?
AnswerTo sail the heavens with the Silmaril on his brow, as a sign of hope.
6. What did the Valar do in answer to Eärendil’s plea?
AnswerThey went to war again with Morgoth.
7. What happened when Ancalagon fell to Middle-earth, slain?
AnswerHe broke the towers of Thangorodrim.
8. Where did the Valar exile Melkor to?
AnswerThrough the Door of Night, into the Timeless Void.
9. What happened to the face of the World after the Great Battle?
AnswerIt was changed beyond recognition; hills cast down, rivers rerouted, valleys upheaved.
10. What happened to the three Silmarils?
AnswerOne was set into the sky, one was cast into the Sea, and one was cast into a fire at the bottom of a deep chasm.