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Quiz: The Silmarillion

Test your knowledge of The Silmarillion. Every question is backed by a chapter reference.

Series · The Silmarillion, Expert20 questions

  1. In Tolkien's The Silmarillion, what was Beren?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 17, Of the Coming of Men into the West

  2. According to the Silmarillion, whose father stayed as a guest in Nargothrond?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Of Beren and Lúthien

  3. Which people did Elendil belong to?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Akallabêth

  4. What was Elros's relation to Elrond?

    Source: The Silmarillion, ch. 24 'Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath'

  5. What does the name 'Elwing' translate to, according to the Silmarillion?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Of the Ruin of Doriath

  6. Which people did Fëanor belong to?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor

  7. Tirion is a city belonging to which people?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië

  8. Fingon belonged to which people?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië

  9. Who was Galadriel's father?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 5, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië

  10. What was Olórin originally, according to the Silmarillion?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Valaquenta

  11. 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

  12. In which forest was Lúthien born?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 10 'Of the Sindar'

  13. To which order of beings did Melkor belong?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë; Valaquenta, 'Of the Enemies'

  14. Sauron belonged to the order of spirits that existed before the World. What is this order called?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Valaquenta

  15. What is stated about Glaurung in the Silmarillion?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Of the Return of the Noldor

  16. Turgon belonged to which people?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië

  17. Who is the father of Túrin, according to the Silmarillion?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Of Túrin Turambar

  18. How many Sindarin bynames (epithets) are attached to Beren in the Silmarillion?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 19, Of Beren and Lúthien

  19. According to the Silmarillion (Akallabêth), what did most other inhabitants of Númenor do regarding the Elven-tongues?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Akallabêth

  20. Who was Elwing's father?

    Source: The Silmarillion, Of the Ruin of Doriath

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