Which 1936 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien helped establish Beowulf as serious literature?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
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Which 1936 lecture by J.R.R. Tolkien helped establish Beowulf as serious literature?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Finnish epic influenced J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented language Quenya?
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Kalevala
What was the name of Tolkien’s academic lecture that inspired the modern study of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Who was J.R.R. Tolkien’s son and the editor of The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
What is the title of Tolkien’s 1949 short story about a farmer and a dragon?
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Farmer Giles of Ham
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Christopher Tolkien
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Farmer Giles of Ham
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