What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that reshaped modern scholarly discussion of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
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What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1936 lecture that reshaped modern scholarly discussion of Beowulf?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, what is the name of the giant spider that attacks Frodo in Cirith Ungol?
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Shelob
Which First Age city in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium was hidden in a valley and ruled by Turgon?
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Gondolin
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published book assembled from his notes by Christopher Tolkien?
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The Silmarillion
What was the name of Tolkien’s academic subject at Oxford University?
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English language and literature
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