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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. What do the elves do to protect the hobbits when they find them wandering in the woods?

2. Why does Aragorn decide to travel on boats down the river when they leave Lothlorien?

3. Who destroyed Isengard?

4. What name is Frodo using to conceal his identity when they enter Bree?

5. What does Aragorn hear while at the seat of Amon Lhaw that sends him running in the other direction?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Sam and Frodo travel through the Dead Marshes to get to Mordor?

2. What is the name of the herb that Aragorn uses to try and heal Frodo's wound from the Ringwraiths?

3. How does Sam get past the Silent Watchers in Cirith Ungol?

4. What is the last thing that Frodo sees in Galadriel's mirror?

5. What dos Denethor do out of grief for his dead sons?

6. Why is Frodo so afraid of Farmer Maggot when they approach his house in order to find a hiding place from the Black Riders?

7. What strange event took place during the first night of battle at Helm's Deep that seems to make the Orc army so fearful?

8. What is Eomer's initial reaction to Aragorn?

9. Why does Denethor send his son into an almost suicidal battle at Osgiliath?

10. What causes Frodo to trust Strider after finding that he snuck in to the hobbits' private room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eowyn has her own theory for how women should be allowed to act. What is this theory, and how does her life exemplify this? How is the course of the plot re-directed due to Eowyn's actions?

Essay Topic 2

Galadriel was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Galadriel had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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