What name did J.R.R. Tolkien give to the sudden joyful turn in a fairy tale?
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Eucatastrophe
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What name did J.R.R. Tolkien give to the sudden joyful turn in a fairy tale?
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Eucatastrophe
Which Oxford reference work employed J.R.R. Tolkien after World War I?
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Oxford English Dictionary
What fictional language did J.R.R. Tolkien create for the Elves of Beleriand?
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Sindarin
Which Tolkien work was published posthumously in 1980 as an edited collection of unfinished writings?
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Unfinished Tales
Which language did J.R.R. Tolkien study at Oxford and use as a basis for Quenya?
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Finnish
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Which Oxford reference work employed J.R.R. Tolkien after World War I?
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What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic lecture title on Beowulf, delivered in 1936?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics