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The Ainulindale

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first being?

a)

Melkor

b)

Ulmo

c)

Eru

d)

Manwe

2.

Illuvatar created first which race of beings?

a)

Dwarves

b)

Ainur

c)

Hobbits

d)

Men

3.

What did Illuvatar first teach the Ainur?

a)

Language

b)

Science

c)

Magic

d)

Music

4.

The Flame Imperishable gives what?

a)

Independent life

b)

Death

c)

Submission

d)

Immortality

5.

Who disrupts the Ainulindale?

a)

Manwe

b)

Melkor

c)

Aule

d)

Yavanna

6.

Before the Ainulindale, Melkor roams the void looking for what?

a)

Life

b)

An earth

c)

The Flame Imperishable

d)

Illuvatar

7.

The discord that Melkor creates in the music causes what to happen? (select multiple)

a)

Some of the Ainur are confused and stop

b)

Some of the Ainur start dancing

c)

Some of the Ainur scream

d)

Some of the Ainur follow Melkor

e)

Some of the Ainur tell Illuvatar

8.

How many themes does Illuvatar create?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

9.

What did Illuvatar tell Melkor after the music stopped?

a)

That he would be punished

b)

That everything he did was still part of the plan of Illuvatar

c)

That Melkor should not have done it

d)

That Melkor was good at improvising

10.

Eru shows the Ainur a vision of what?

a)

The universe and its history

b)

Their future

c)

Another piece of music

d)

Darkness

11.

Melkor tries to fill Arda with ___ which only brings Ulmo and Manwe closer together.

a)

Ice

b)

Smoke

c)

Heat

d)

Cold

12.

What happens to many of the Ainur when they see the world?

a)

They hate it

b)

They sing

c)

They go to it

d)

They fall in love with it

13.

The Children of Illuvatar were conceived as part of which theme?

a)

The first

b)

The second

c)

The third

d)

The final note

14.

What does Illuvatar say when the Ainur become enamoured with the earth?

a)

Ea!

b)

Lala!

c)

Arda!

d)

Ara!

15.

What does Melkor want to do with Arda?

a)

Destroy it

b)

Make it his own

c)

Make it nicer

d)

Infest it with orcs

16.

The great powers that enter Ea are called what?

a)

Maiar

b)

Elves

c)

Ainur

d)

Valar

17.

The Valar take forms similar to what?

a)

Elves and Men

b)

Illuvatar

c)

The things that they pay most thought about

18.

Whenever the Valar do something, what does Melkor do?

a)

He expands his realm

b)

He runs

c)

He makes something in mockery of it

d)

He destroys it