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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gimli realizes the room the travelers are in is the Chamber of ___________.

2. Who is NOT one of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring?

3. Where is Boromir's homeland, according to the book?

4. What are the only living creatures the travelers see as they set out on their path?

5. Frodo tells Gandalf he did not know that ______________, or men, could be so great.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is being described in the book Gandalf reads when they are in the Chamber of Records?

2. What does Aragorn suggest in order to make the blindfolding fair for those who are traveling?

3. Why don't the travelers in the Fellowship worry when they get through the door away from the Orcs?

4. What are the travelers given by the Elves in order to help their journey?

5. What does Strider come back with when he goes out to scout out a bridge that they might have to cross?

6. Where do the travelers decide to stay before they make the decision to go to Gondor or to Moria?

7. What is in the small wooden box that Sam receives from Lady Galadriel?

8. Who is given the task of deciding which way the journey much continue?

9. When Frodo awakes in a comfortable bed, what does Gandalf tell him?

10. What happened to the Ringwraiths when their horses were drowned in the flood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At one point during the book, readers are reminded that all things pass and change. The world is always going to move into new eras.

Part 1: Why is the world always going to change?

Part 2: What makes this story's progress of time so much more important to the characters? Or is it not as important?

Part 3: How does change of an era change the people who are living in the era?

Essay Topic 2

Frodo and others seem to have the power to see the future and to begin to make decisions based on what they think might happen.

Part 1: Why is prophesy important in this story?

Part 2: How does prophesy affect the lives of the characters? Cite specific examples.

Part 3: Do you think prophesy should affect one's decisions? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

One could say that the FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING is the beginning of a mythical story for the characters who are involved, a story which might be told to their children as time passes.

Part 1: How do you define the idea of myth and how does this different from a story?

Part 2: What makes this story mythical in nature?

Part 3: How are the characters in this story mythical? Which qualities make them so?

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