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Which Oxford college employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor and fellow for much of his career?
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Merton College
What is the name of Tom Bombadil’s wife in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth writings?
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Goldberry
Which fictional language did J.R.R. Tolkien create for the Elves of Middle-earth and name Sindarin?
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Sindarin
In what year did J.R.R. Tolkien deliver his influential lecture “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”?
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1936
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