Literature Exam

Grandfather of Thorin

Thror

The greedy, strong, and wicked worm

Smaug

Father of Bilbo

Bungo Baggins

Wise wizard

Gandalf

Important and haughty leader

Thorin Oakenshield

Mother of Bilbo

Belladonna Took

The merry town of men

Dale

Father of Thorin

Thrain

Accidentally invented golf

Bullroarer Took

Neighborhood of Bilbo's hole

The Hill

Discovered the Loneley Mtn.

Old Thrain

Why was the Took-clan "not entirely hobbit-like"?

They enjoyed going on adventures

What does Gandalf scratch on the front-door of Bilbo's house?

A queer sign which invites the dwarves

How many dwarves in total arrive at Bilbo's house?

13

What instrument does Thorin play after dinner?

Harp

What two objects does Gandalf give to Thorin that have been passed down by Thorin's grandfather?

A map and a key

In what unexpected place does Gandalf find Thrain, Thorin's father?

Prisoner of a Necromancer

What is the name of the inn where Bilbo is to meet Thorin and Co.?

Green Dragon Inn, Bywater

List four difficulties that the group begins to encounter as they look for a good place to camp and, " Just when a wizard would have been most useful to".

1. Rain

2. Ponies ran

3. Bilbo encounters trolls

4. Food

What are the names of the three trolls who have come down from the mountains?

Burt, William and Tom

Who is referred to as a "burrahobbit" and a "blighter"

Bilbo

Into what are the trolls turned?

They are turned into stone

What does Bilbo discover that enables the group to enter the trolls' cave

William's key

Among brass buttons and pots full of gold, what else does the group find with jewels and runes on them?

Scabbards

Where Elrond lives in Rivendell

Last Homely House

Thorin's sword

Orcrist

Gandalf's sword

Glamdring

Place of the High Elves of the West

Gondolin

Master of the house, chief of Rivendell who is noble, strong, wise, kind, venerable

Elrond

Written on mid-summer's eve with crescent moon

Moon runes

Father of the Longbeards

Durin

The first day of the dwarves' New Year

Durin's Day

Midsummer's day

June 24

The narrator tells us that Bilbo "felt crushed" in chapter 5. Why?

Because he doesn't have his tobacco

From what does Gollum get his name?

The horrible swallowing sound from his throat

How does Gollum refer to himself?

My precious

How does Gollum refer to the gold ring?

My birthday present

What of course does the ring have the power to do?

Make anyone invisible

How does Tolkien refer to the big goblins of the mountain?

Fully armoured

Having escaped the goblin's cave, Bilbo makes "up his mind that it was his duty, that he must turn back." What does Bilbo's thought suggest about his character?

Cares for others and is very self-less

Why do the Wargs think that the Gandalf and the others are up in the trees near the place where the Wargs were to meet the Goblins?

Wargs thought they were friends of the woodmen

What does Gandalf do with the pine-cones?

He lights them on fire and throws them on the wargs

What did Beorn do with the goblin and the warg that he caught?

He put the Goblin's head outside the gate and nailed the wargs skin to a tree

Explain Beorn's warning about the black stream in Mirkwood Forest

It causes drowsiness and forgetfulness when you drink or bathe in it

What is the greatest of the forests of the Nothern world called?

Mirkwood Forest

What keeps following the company of dwarves in the shadows up to the edge of Mirkwood?

Beorn as a bear

What does the company of travelers use to cross the enchanted black stream in Mirkwood Forest?

A boat

Who falls in the black water and what happens to him when he is rescued?

Bombur falls into the black water and when is rescued, he falls asleep

Who is chosen to climb to the top of the trees to have a look across the forest?

Bilbo

Who is "dressed in green and brown and sitting on sawn rings of felled trees in a great circle?"

Wood Elves

By the end of the battle with the spiders, how has the dwarves' opinion of Bilbo changed?

With great respect

Who disappears and who has taken him in chapter 8?

Thorin disappears and the Wood Elves carry him away

The names of the two rivers which flow into the lake where the men live are called what?

Forest River; Running River

Which of the dwarves is the first out of the barrels?

Thorin

Explain how the dwarves and Bilbo are treated for the next two weeks

Treated like Kings

What looks the spies of evil?

Thurshers

Describe the spirit of the group in chapter 11

Very low

What kind of bird had caught a snail and was cracking it on a stone?

Thursher

Cite evidence to support the following observation made by the narrator: "Already he was a very different hobbit form the on that had run out without a pocket handkerchief from Gag-End long ago"

Going to the dragon was the bravest thing he has ever done

What type of bird continues to listen in on the conversation between the dwarves and Bilbo?

Thrusher

What do you think the "enchanted desire of the hoard" which had fallen from Bilbo means?

Greed

What does the narrator say happens to the heart of a dwarf when it is "weakened by gold and by jewels?"

They become way to bold and fierce

What is the formal name for "the hall of feasting and of council"

Great Chamber of Thror

What do imagine to be the meaning of "a gathering of many birds" in the South?

Migration

Whose help do the Lake-men seek out of concern for the coming of winter without homes?

Elves

What became of Smaug after his death?

His bones are the ruined piles of the town

Why is Ravenhill named the way it is?

Because of Carc and his wife

Bilbo "longed to escape from the dark fortress and to go down and join in the mirth and feasting by the fires." What is mirth? Why is this appealing to Bilbo? And, what is Thorin's reaction to it?

Mirth is comfort. Thorin gets angry

Explain the "power of gold" as mentioned by the narrator after Bard's speech to Thorin

The greed for treasure

What action does Thorin take in response to the banner-bearers and trumpeters who await Thorin's answer about the gold?

He shot a arrow at them

What "is worth more than a river of gold in itself, and to him[me] it is beyond price?"

The Arkenstone

From whom does Bilbo take the watch only to put on the ring and slip over the wall?

He takes the watch off of Bombur and slips away

Explain Bilbo's plan of a bargain to bring peace between dwarves, men, and elves

To give the men the Arkenstone to bring peace

Who is the "old man, wrapped in a dark cloak" sitting in the tent?

Gandalf

Of what does Bilbo fall asleep dreaming?

Eggs and bacon

Name the five armies in the Battle of Five Armies.

Goblinsm, wargs, elves, men, and dwarves

What is the name of the capital of the goblins?

Gundabad

How does Bilbo escape most of the danger of the battle?

By standing on Ravenhill

What group arrives late to the battle to help the dwarves, elves, and men?

Eagles

What happens to Bilbo as the chapter of 17 closes?

A stone is thrown at him and he passes out

Who arrives late to the battle and "crushed" Bolg?

Beorn

Who becomes the new chief of the dwarves?

Dain

With what two objects is Thorin buried?

The Arkenstone and Orcrist

Where had Gandalf been and what did he do when he left the dwarves and Bilbo at the edge of Mirkwood Forest?

Gandalf has been in the great council of white wizards and they had driven the Necromancer away

What do Bilbo and Gandalf dig up now that they had buried on the outward bound journey?

Gold from the trolls

Where does Bilbo stop for a week for some badly needed sleep?

Last Homely House

What is happening to Bilbo's possessions when he arrives home?

They are getting auctioned off

Why does this happen with Bilbo's possessions?

He was presumably dead

More than spoons, what does Bilbo also lose?

Reputation

What are the names of the three Fates? What did each do?

1. Clotho - spun the thread of life

2. Lachesis - measured the thread of life

3. Atropos - cut the thread of life

Who is Mother Earth?

Gaea

Who is Starry Heaven?

Uranus

Who is said to have been born from sea-foam and was known as "daughter of the foam?"

Aphrodite

Which god was given rule of the Heavens and what was his gift from the Cyclopes?

Zeus - Thunder, lightning, and the thunderbolt

Which god was given rule of the Seas and what was his gift from the Cyclopes?

Poseidon - Trident