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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 about Saruman is able to convince men to do his will?

2. Who does the monster in the water outside the doors of Moria attack first?

3. What has caused the oddities of the Old forest?

4. What does Gimli do when Eomer speaks harshly against Galadriel?

5. What pulls Gandalf down into the abyss with the Balrog?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did the hobbits' ponies run away from the Barrows, according to Tom Bombadil?

5. What does Aragorn do to let Sauron know that the true heir of the Gondor throne has returned?

6. Who sneaks Merry into the battle at Minas Tirith?

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

9. What does Gimli think of the trees in the forest that the companionship travel through to get to Isengard after the battle at Helm's Deep?

10. Why did Saruman want Gandalf to meet him at Isengard before imprisoning him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Theoden say as he is dying, and how does this statement effect Eowyn? How do these last words change the outcome of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Merry and Pippin are a very integral part of this plot. How do their actions change the tide of the plot? Do you think they are aware of what they are doing? Why or why not? Make sure to use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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