1 Tolkien was ___. German Polish American English 2 Tolkien's most famous work is ___. Game of Thrones The Silmarillion The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings 3 The genre of most of Tolkien's writing is ___. science fiction memoir drama fantasy 4 The fictional history surrounding Tolkien's universe is called ___. lore tales chronicles The Hobbit 5 The majority of Tolkien's work is set in ___. Mordor Antiquity Middle-earth England 6 Which of these do not exist in Tolkien's fictional universe? Humans Centaurs Elves Dwarfs 7 Tolkien's body of work is also called his ___. legendarium folklore ouvre repertoire 8 What is the name of the world in Tolkien's universe? Arda Westeros Middle-earth The Shire 9 Who is the central antagonist of Tolkien's work? Saruman Frodo Sauron Gandalf 10 Which of these details the beginning of the conflict among Middle-earth species? The Silmarillion The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings None of these 11 Hobbits live in ___. Mordor Moria Lake Town The Shire 12 The Lord of the Rings was adapted into a film series starting in ___. 2001 1999 2012 2005 13 The Lord of the Rings is about hobbits who must travel to ___. The Shire Mordor Moria Rivendell 14 The Hobbit is about ___. Bilbo Baggins Golum Frodo Baggins The Elves of Rivendell 15 What is the relationship between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings? The Hobbit is a prequel to The Lord of the Rings. The Hobbit is Part II of The Lord of the Rings triology. There is no relationship between the two works. The Hobbit is a sequel to The Lord of the Rings. 16 Tolkien was also a/an ___. lawyer academic doctor gardener 17 Tolkien was close friends with ___. C.S. Lewis Ernest Hemingway Theodore Roosevelt George R.R. Martin 18 J.R.R. stands for ___. John Ronald Reuel Jean Ralph Richard John Roger Rice Jacob Randall Rose 19 Tolkien was born in ___. 1899 1901 1920 1892 20 Tolkien died in ___. 1997 1973 1962 1955 21 Who directed The Lord of the Rings films? Stanley Kubrick James Cameron Steven Spielburg Peter Jackson 22 Where did Tolkien teach? University of Cambridge University of Oxford King's College St. Andrew's University 23 Middle-earth is a ___. town country continent planet 24 The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are both about ___. journeys Hobbits the triumph of good over evil all of these 25 The genre of Tolkien's writing is also referred to as ___. mythopoeia autobiography historical fiction astrofantasy
