Quiz
1. Tolkien's first published book was:
2. One of Tolkien's closest friends, a man whose mannerisms are gently echoed by Fangorn the ent, was:
3. Tolkien wrote the opening sentence of The Hobbit while:
4. Tolkien fought in the trenches during World War I. He lost his two closest friends in which famous battle:
5. Tolkien taught at all but one of these universities. At which of the following universities was he not a teacher?
6. Tolkien identified his relationship with his wife, Edith, with which pair of Middle-earth lovers?
7. Tolkien worked on The Lord of the Rings for:
8. In addition to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, Tolkien wrote many other stories. Which of the following takes place in Middle-earth:
9. The Hobbit received which prize in 1938?
10. Tolkien's first love was philology. He developed numerous languages and dialects for the peoples of Middle-earth. The most developed of these languages is:
11. Who did Tolkien refer to as the "fauna of Mordor"?
12. Tolkien was a notorious luddite who never owned a:
1. Tolkien's first published book was:
A Middle English Vocabulary
2. One of Tolkien's closest friends, a man whose mannerisms are gently echoed by Fangorn the ent, was:
C. S. Lewis
3. Tolkien wrote the opening sentence of The Hobbit while:
Grading papers
4. Tolkien fought in the trenches during World War I. He lost his two closest friends in which famous battle:
Somme
5. Tolkien taught at all but one of these universities. At which of the following universities was he not a teacher?
Cambridge
6. Tolkien identified his relationship with his wife, Edith, with which pair of Middle-earth lovers?
Beren and Luthien
7. Tolkien worked on The Lord of the Rings for:
17 years
8. In addition to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, Tolkien wrote many other stories. Which of the following takes place in Middle-earth:
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
9. The Hobbit received which prize in 1938?
New York Herald Tribune prize for children's literature
10. Tolkien's first love was philology. He developed numerous languages and dialects for the peoples of Middle-earth. The most developed of these languages is:
Sindarin, the language of the grey, or noble, elves
11. Who did Tolkien refer to as the "fauna of Mordor"?
His fans
12. Tolkien was a notorious luddite who never owned a:
All of the above