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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 happens when Tom puts on the Ring?

2. How does Treebeard describe Saruman when he takes Merry and Pippin to his home?

3. What does Aragorn find in Weathertop that lets him know that Gandalf was there recently?

4. Why are the hobbits not able to leave Tom's house the morning after Tom finds and takes them in?

5. How does Merry respond when he hears of what the other hobbits have experienced before meeting him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Shelob?

3. What is Merry and Pippin's reaction to the news that Frodo and Sam are leaving the Shire?

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

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

6. Where do the elves in Lothlorien build their houses?

7. What does Legolas use to kill the flying beast that is ridden by a Nazgul while the companionship journeys away from Lothlorien?

8. How old are the Ents, according to TreeBeard?

9. What do Sam and Frodo do when they finally get to a path that heads straight towards Mount Doom instead of paths that cross through Orc army camps?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book is set in many different locations. Compare and contrast these locations. How did these different places affect the outcome of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Frodo endures a crucial test of sorts before the end of the novel. What lessons does Frodo learn through this experience, and do you think Frodo deserved what he got in the end? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Jealousy is a pretty strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react?

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