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What is the name of the fictional language J.R.R. Tolkien based largely on Finnish?
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Quenya
What was the name of the dragon in J.R.R. Tolkien's poem The Lay of Leithian?
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Carcharoth
What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1936 lecture that reshaped Beowulf studies?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which son of J.R.R. Tolkien edited and assembled The Silmarillion for publication?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which publisher released J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in Britain?
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George Allen & Unwin
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What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1936 lecture that reshaped Beowulf studies?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which son of J.R.R. Tolkien edited and assembled The Silmarillion for publication?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which publisher released J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in Britain?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was J.R.R. Tolkien's academic field at Oxford before his 1945 chair?
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In the Genesis flood narrative, what was the Ark’s main building material?
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Gopher wood