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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sam and Frodo have to travel through to get to Mordor?

2. Why does Sam not kill Gollum when he has the chance on Mount Doom?

3. Why does Bilbo give his book to Frodo when Frodo visits him at Rivendell?

4. What does Sam call Gollum when he wakes up at the top of the stairs that rids Gollum of all the good feelings he had?

5. Why does Faramir not take the Ring when he finds out what it is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the Ring play in the story, and what does it symbolize? How is the plot altered by the presence of the Ring?

Essay Topic 2

Sauran uses many different lies and tools to complete his horrible goals. What are some of these, and how did they poison the characters who fell prey to them?

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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