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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 are the Dunlendings forced to do as punishment for joining the attack on Rohan?
2. What does Frodo do when he sees his friends in danger in the Barrow?
3. What attacks the fellowship the night before they plan to head to Moria?
4. What is Tom symbolic of?
5. Who does the monster in the water outside the doors of Moria attack first?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who owns the land of Ithilien when Sam and Frodo are traveling through it on their way to the other entrance into Mordor?
2. 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?
3. Why does Denethor send his son into an almost suicidal battle at Osgiliath?
4. What does Aragorn do to let Sauron know that the true heir of the Gondor throne has returned?
5. Where does the stone land that Wormtongue throws down from the high tower during the parley at Isengard?
6. What is the crown of the beheaded king's statue made of?
7. What is Faramir supposed to do to Gollum when he finds Gollum catching fish by the waterfall in Ithilien?
8. Who does Sam marry when he returns to the Shire?
9. What are Hurons, according to Treebeard?
10. What does the companionship do once they reach the light of day outside the mines of Moria?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Anger and its consequences are major themes presented in this book. Using the text, cite 3- 4 examples of how characters acting out of anger altered the course of the plot.
Essay Topic 2
Gandalf endures death and is reborn with newer and higher powers. Compare and contrast Gandalf the Grey with Gandalf the White. Was this change necessary? Why or why not?
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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