Tolkien Background Notes

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  1. 3. Edith's singing and dancing made her the source of this character for Tolkien.
  2. 5. While they were dear friends, Tolkien's friendship with CS Lewis could be described as __.
  3. 6. Tolkien's political opinions leaned more toward this.
  4. 9. Instead of feeling jealous, Edith felt immense __ in her husband's success as an author.
  5. 10. Tolkien's favorite childhood stories were about __ __ __.
  6. 13. Believed the purpose of life was to learn more about God and be moved to __ __ __.
  7. 14. When Tolkien's son, Michael, enlisted for WWII, Michael filled in "__" on the form that asked "Father's Occupation".
  8. 16. the number of languages Tolkien spoke
  9. 17. Tolkien was inspired by the mountains in this country.
  10. 20. Tolkien learned to read at this age, and his father died when Tolkien was this age.
  11. 21. Many of Tolkien's __ __ __ were killed in the war.
  12. 25. Their shared love of family was the strongest ___ of the marriage.
  13. 27. a professor at _____ University
  14. 28. While it may have been an inspiration for LotR, Tolkien had no special hatred of these or of when he was bitten by one as a child.
  15. 29. After developing trench fever, Tolkien was deemed medically __ for service.
  16. 30. The letters he wrote to his children as Father Christmas served as his inspiration for __ __ __.
  17. 31. CS Lewis nominated his friend Tolkien for one of these.
  18. 34. The TCBS Tolkien founded with his friends at school
  19. 35. Tolkien was buried in the __ __ as Edith.
  20. 36. Attending a party dressed as this is an example of how Tolkien was not a typical Oxford professor.
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  1. 1. Tolkien worked on the history of Germanic words starting with the letter W for the __ __ __.
  2. 2. known as the "father" of "___ ___"
  3. 4. Tolken learned to feel sympathy for the "Tommy" or __ __.
  4. 5. The name of the literary discussion group during his work at Oxford.
  5. 7. the name of Tolkien's Aunt Jane's farm
  6. 8. Tolkien's mother died of this.
  7. 11. Friends saw the deep love between Tolkien and Edith because it was visible in the __ __.
  8. 12. Tolkien's religion
  9. 15. Tolkien converted his friend, CS Lewis, from this.
  10. 18. Tolkien had an intense hatred for this because it was destroying simple life and the English countryside.
  11. 19. At one point, Tolkien stole a city bus to take his friends on a __.
  12. 22. Tolkien felt this way about the working-class men he was in charge of commanding.
  13. 23. "He could turn a lecture room into a ___ ___."
  14. 24. Tolkien worked as this during WWII.
  15. 26. was born in _____ _____.
  16. 32. Was a very vocal __ toward Hitler.
  17. 33. Tolkien felt that it was ___ for any man to boss other men.