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

Short Answer Questions

1. What scares Theoden's horse and causes it to buck during the battle at Minas Tirith?

2. What does Aragorn use to heal Merry and Eowyn?

3. Who kills Saruman?

4. What does Denethor claim that he has seen Gandalf doing in his seeing stone during the battle at Minas Tirith?

5. Why are the Wildmen so willing to show Theoden their secret road to Minas Tirith?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Frodo choose to leave Middle Earth, and what effects will his absence have on the characters left behind?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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