Microsoft was considered a monopoly in the late 90s because it had market power
Answer:
The market lost most of its value
Explanation:
The graph actually went downhill so that means that the stock market couldn't have been making money/financially growing. So, that knocks out option 1 and option 4. I wouldn't say that the market totally collapsed otherwise it would be at the very bottom with barely any money. So, that means it decreased but not a huge substantial amount as collapsing.
The setting allowed him to invent all different kinds of imaginary creatures, myths, and gods. Middle Earth gave him much liberty and he could create practically everything from scratch. A real place would limit him in many ways and the story would not look that magical.