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1. One of the major Rohirric characters has a name meaning "chief". Which one?
2. "Roch", giving us Rohan, is Elvish for "horse." A common element in Rohirric names means "horse". What is it?
3. Which character's name means "Horse fame" or "Horse Mare"?
4. In the languages of Rhovannion, three dwarves had the same name, meaning "corpse" in Old Norse. Curiously, their name is the word for "dwarf" in a common modern language. What is their name?
5. One name, having meanings in several languages, one of them Latin, is Gandalf's "in the south." Which one?
6. One king of Rhovannion has the same name as a Gothic god, although Jacob Grimm recorded it with a slightly different spelling. Give Tolkien's spelling.
7. Tolkien employed several old geographic terms in place names. Which one is a Celtic "narrow valley or deep hollow"?
8. This word, meaning "giant", appears not only in Tolkien, but also in Beowulf.
9. True or false: Lathspell, the name Grima applies to Gandalf, means "Stormcrow".
10. Grima's name means "mask". Ironically, his father's name meant "Light, wanton mood." What was this man's man?
11. Which wizard shares his name with the Slavonic god of bliss, good counsel, and honor, who is often associated with wizards and equated with Mercury/Hermes?
12. One word in a northern dialect is quite similar to both its modern equivalent and a Scottish word for a marker made of piled stones. It is also a favorite spot of Beorn's. What is it?
13. Which of these Dwarf names does NOT mean "corpse"?
14. One of the characters we know the least about has a name meaning "secret" or "unknown", which was also an Old English title applied to Abel. What is his name?
15. "Shelob" simply means "She-Spider". The "lob" element is related to a name Bilbo calls the spiders in The Hobbit. What does he call them?
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