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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a hazard that needs to be avoided in the path leading to Rivendell?
(a) A very narrow bridge over a swift-flowing stream.
(b) Steep slopes and deep ravines.
(c) Deceptively green bogs.
(d) Avalanches and rock falls.

2. Where were Glamdring and Orcrist originally forged?
(a) In the ancient elvish kingdom of Gondolin.
(b) In the Mines of Moria.
(c) In Thror's kingdom that was destroyed by the dragon.
(d) In Rivendell itself.

3. What is "never thirsty, ever drinking/All in mail never clinking?"
(a) The skeleton of a drowned knight.
(b) A fish.
(c) Gollum's grandmother.
(d) Goblins.

4. What nearly gives Bilbo's presence away to the men steering the barrels in spite of the invisibility conferred on him by the ring?
(a) His wet footprints and his sneezing.
(b) His shadow in the torchlight.
(c) He bumps into the men quite frequently.
(d) His weight presses the barrels lower in the water.

5. What animals set up the dinner table and light the lamps in Beorn's hall?
(a) Bears, boars and oxen.
(b) Ponies, dogs and sheep.
(c) Bees, eagles and enslaved wolves.
(d) Sheep, cattle and cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which dwarf puts up the most fight when the trolls try to capture him?

2. What is the name of the elvenking's butler?

3. What is the other name for Rivendell?

4. What wakes Bilbo up from his sleep after he realizes he is alone in Chapter 8, after coming across the elves' feast?

5. What game or sport was accidentally invented by Bilbo's ancestor Bullroarer Took?

(see the answer key)

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