Quiz: The Silmarillion
Test your knowledge of The Silmarillion. Every question is backed by a chapter reference.
In Tolkien's The Silmarillion, what was Beren?
Source: The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 17, Of the Coming of Men into the West
According to the Silmarillion, whose father stayed as a guest in Nargothrond?
Which people did Elendil belong to?
Source: The Silmarillion, Akallabêth
What was Elros's relation to Elrond?
Source: The Silmarillion, ch. 24 'Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath'
What does the name 'Elwing' translate to, according to the Silmarillion?
Which people did Fëanor belong to?
Source: The Silmarillion, Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor
Tirion is a city belonging to which people?
Source: The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
Fingon belonged to which people?
Source: The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
Who was Galadriel's father?
Source: The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 5, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
What was Olórin originally, according to the Silmarillion?
Source: The Silmarillion, Valaquenta
According to the published Silmarillion, whose son is Gil-galad?
Source: The Silmarillion, ch. 18: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
In which forest was Lúthien born?
Source: The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 10 'Of the Sindar'
To which order of beings did Melkor belong?
Source: The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë; Valaquenta, 'Of the Enemies'
Sauron belonged to the order of spirits that existed before the World. What is this order called?
Source: The Silmarillion, Valaquenta
What is stated about Glaurung in the Silmarillion?
Turgon belonged to which people?
Source: The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
Who is the father of Túrin, according to the Silmarillion?
How many Sindarin bynames (epithets) are attached to Beren in the Silmarillion?
Source: The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 19, Of Beren and Lúthien
According to the Silmarillion (Akallabêth), what did most other inhabitants of Númenor do regarding the Elven-tongues?
Source: The Silmarillion, Akallabêth
Who was Elwing's father?
According to the Ainulindalë, what is true of Eru in relation to all other things?
Source: The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë
From where did the Valar withdraw, according to the Silmarillion?
What does the Quenya word 'Eru' mean?
Source: The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë
Which of the following is true about the name 'Morgoth'?
Source: The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 9, 'Of the Flight of the Noldor'; Index of Names
What is the term for the Valar-queens as a group?
Source: The Silmarillion, Valaquenta
What is another name for Eldamar?
Source: The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
Who fashioned the Ainur, according to the Ainulindalë?
Source: The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë
Into what did the Valar pass in order to give shape to the design sounded in the Music?
Source: The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë
Who introduced discord into the Music of the Ainur?
Source: The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë