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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Bilbo's front door into his hobbit hole?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

2. What is the other name for the Arkenstone?
(a) The Heart of Darkness.
(b) The Heart of the Dragon.
(c) The Mountain of Light.
(d) The Heart of the Mountain.

3. What colors is Smaug?
(a) Red and gold.
(b) Red and black.
(c) Red and green.
(d) Green and gold.

4. What question of Balin's enraged the Elvenking?
(a) Balin asks if the elves know anything about Smaug's treasure.
(b) Balin asks the Elvenking for food and drink before being set free.
(c) Balin asks what has happened to Thorin.
(d) Balin asks if the spiders are the elves' pets.

5. How does the Elvenking react to the sight of the Arkenstone?
(a) He is unimpressed by it.
(b) He rejects Bilbo's offer as treacherous and ignoble, preferring instead to fight fairly for a share of the treasure.
(c) He is amazed by its beauty and questions Bilbo's right to give it to him.
(d) He is consumed by lust for the gem and is willing to renounce the rest of the treasure if he can have the Arkenstone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of drink does Gandalf ask Bilbo to get him in Chapter 1?

2. What does Gollum call the ring?

3. What special ability does Beorn have?

4. What does the Master believe about Thorin and his company at first?

5. What is the full name of the grim-faced man who habitually predicts disasters like floods and poisoned fish?

(see the answer key)

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