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Which best describes a consequence of Tolkien’s decision to set the hobbit in middle earth rather than a real place

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The setting allowed him to invent all different kinds of imaginary creatures, myths, and gods. Middle Earth gave him much liberty and he could create practically everything from scratch. A real place would limit him in many ways and the story would not look that magical.

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