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| Melkor is given the name Morgoth by? |
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| Achilles is half-devine; his mother is? |
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| Odin sometimes goes among humans as the semblance of? |
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| Snorri Sturleson and some of the Arthurian legends connect their story to? |
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| To young in war or live long in peace. |
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| The Theogony has some important parallels to? |
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| Melkor's ally in his attack on the Valar was? |
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| Tolkien's concept of "sub-creation" is illustrated by the origin of? |
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| Dwarves, the sun and the moon, and the Silmarils. |
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| Bilbo and Odysseus refuse to give their real names to Smaug and Polyphemus respectively, in part because doing son would put them in danger. True or False? |
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| Xenia is the Greek term for? |
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| A number of medieval works are similar to the Iliad in that they? |
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| Come from an oral tradition. |
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| Tolkien borrowed names for the dwarves in The Hobbit from? |
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| Snorri Sturleson's Prose Edda. |
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| In The Silmarillion Feanor compels his sons to swear an oath that? |
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| They refuse to let anyone else possess the silmarils. |
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| Galadriel is the oldest of the elves in Middle-earth. True or false? |
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| One point of similarity between opening of the silmarillion and the Theogony is? |
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| Melkor's ally in his attack on Valar was? |
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| The consequence of Glaukos' observation to Diomedes in the Iliad that the generations of men are like leaves is? |
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| A questioning of the warrior code, an exchange of armor, and the recollection of a domestic existence. |
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| Odysseus tells Polyphemus that his name is? |
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| Bilbo tells Smaug his name is called? |
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| In the Iliad new armor is forged for Achilles by? |
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| Merlin is the product of? |
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| Aragon, Arthur, and Elvis have what in common? |
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| Which of the following has association with Boadicea? |
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| Arthur, Eowyn, and Queen Victoria. |
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| Arthur's foes include what? |
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| The Picts, the Romans, and the Saxons. |
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| Tolkien preferred Layamon's Brut to Wace's Roman de Brut because? |
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| He thought Kayamon's version was more "authentic" for England. |
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| Which group lived first in Britain? |
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| According to Wace, the story he tells is? |
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| Partly fiction, but also partly truth. |
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| How are Merlin and Gandalf alike? |
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| Both stand by a rightful heir to the throne. |
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| How are Merlin and Gandalf NOT alike? |
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Merlin tells prophecies; Gandalf does not.
Merlin gets involved in love affairs; Gandalf has not love-life to speak of.
Merlin is the devil's spawn; Gandalf is angelic. |
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Which of the following is not a Valar?
Manwe, Thor, Tulkas, or Yavanna? |
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| Beren is brought back from death (Mandos) and rejoined with his beloved. True or False? |
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| In his anger, and fiery personality Feanor most resembles which Homeric character? |
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| The Trojan war fought to? |
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| Bring Menelaos' wife back to Sparta. |
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Which of the following are not among the Olympian gods?
Aphrodite, Hestia, Dionysus, or Nessa? |
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| The so-called "elder" or Poetic Edda mentions what about "Tolkienian" themes? |
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Dark elves, shield-maidens, and Mirkwood.
Not Hobbits. |
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| The Aesir are a group of Norse gods. True or False? |
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| Achilles and the Norse god, Baldr, are similar in that they both? |
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| Die because of an unexpected vulnerability. |
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| In the Theogony, Hesiod attributes his information to an ancient manuscript. True or False? |
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| King Arthur is the child of? |
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| King Arthur is presented in some stories as battling giants. True or False? |
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| An object of great holiness and a source of nourishment. |
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| Boudica was a Celtic queen who in 60 A.D. led a revolt against? |
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| The Elvish language Sindarin was heavily inspired by? |
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| In Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Red Dragon is associated with which people? |
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| Geoffrey of Monmouth traced the lineage of Arthur and the Britons back to which ancient people? |
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| In Layamon's Brut, Arthur's sword Caliburn was forged by? |
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| Which part did Merlin play in Arthur's conception? |
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| He used magic to make Uther Pendragon look like Ygraine's husband. |
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| Gimli's relationship to Galadriel is analogous to? |
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| A knight and the lady he serves. |
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| After Arthur is gravely wounded by Mordred, he goes to? |
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| The Isle of Avalon, to be healed by elves/fairies with special powers. |
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| Treebeard is also known by the name? |
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| Who reported to the Council of Elrond of hearing a voice "crying, Seek for the Sword that was broken..."? |
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| Who upon waking asks, "Is everything sad gong to come untrue?"? |
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| Who has a similar relation to the Ring? |
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| Which of the following is most similar to a Ring-wraith? |
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| The story of Beren and Luthien is parallel to the story of? |
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| The Battle of the Five Armies is told in? |
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| The Elvish name "Mithrandir" is given to? |
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| In The Hobbit, Gandalf recruits Bilbo because? |
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| All the "heroes" are busy. |
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| "Sharkey" is the alter ego of? |
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Which of the following is NOT a kenning?
Fire-speech, sword-water, middle-earth, or dawn-finger? |
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| The purported source of LOTR. |
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Which of the following is not normally associated with hobbits?
Stealth, love of drink, concern for respectability, or horsemanship? |
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| The dragon of Smaug is slain by? |
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| Who was overcome by using a palantir? |
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| Who said, after one of the fellowship had fallen, "We must do without hope"? |
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| Gollum's name has a possible origin that means? |
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| The answer to the riddle of the "white horses on a red hill" is? |
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| In The Hobbit the trolls are ticked into forgetting to hide from the sun by? |
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| Which traits are shared by Saruman and Old Man Willow? |
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| The ability to enchant, great wisdom, and malice. |
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| If Gandalf had taken the Ring, he would have? |
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| Why was Frodo given a chance to sail to the Undying Lands? |
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| Arwen yielded her place to him. |
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| Which of the following leaves Lothlorien unchanged? |
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| Which os Tolkien's works was published first? |
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| Shelob was a servant of Suaron. True or False? |
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| Radagast, the Brown Wizard, betrayed Gandolf to Saruman. True or False? |
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| The presence of the Ring in the Shire was revealed to Sauron by? |
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| The "Last Homely House" is another designation for? |
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| Legolas belongs to which group of elves? |
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| The Rohirrim are regarded as more noble than the men of Gondor. True or False? |
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| The Ents have special power over? |
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| Saruman had secret connection with the Shire before the War of the Ring? True or False? |
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| This "skin-changer" is mistaken by bilbo to be a "furrier"? |
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| "I passed the test," she said. "I will diminish, and go to the West, and remain Galadriel." This statement by Galadriel implies? |
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| Sauron was once beautiful, like Galadriel. |
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| Tolkien intended Middle-earth to be not of this world. True or False? |
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| How many rings of power were there? |
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| Tolkien invented his languages to fit the world he had created. True or False? |
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| The landscape of Mordor was inspired in part by Tolkien's? |
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| Service in France during WWI. |
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| The influence of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" can be seen in? |
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| The trees that overcome the orcs at Helm's Deep. |
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| "Now's the time for resting. Somethings are ill to hear when the world's in shadow. Sleep till the morning-light, rest on the pillow! Heed no nightly noise!" This is spoken by? |
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| Treebeard is very eager to hear in Merry and Pippin have any word about? |
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| The word "quest" come from Latin word meaning? |
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| "Evileyed-blackhanded-bowlegged-flinthearthed-clawfingered-foulbellied-bloodthristy, morimaitesincahonda" is Treedbaeard's name for? |
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