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1:  To what race does Gollum belong?

a. Elves

b. Men

c. Dwarves

d. Hobbits


2:  What is the true identity of the rough-looking stranger known as Strider?

a. He is a servant of the Enemy.

b. He is the rightful king of Gondor.

c. He is a disguised elf.

d. He is an escaped prisoner.


3:  Saruman abandons the name “Saruman the White” in favor of what title?

a. Saruman of Many Colours

b. Saruman the Magnificent

c. Saruman the Splendid

d. Saruman the Far-Sighted


4:  The country of Rohan is known for the quality of what?

a. Its wine

b. Its pipeweed

c. Its horses

d. Its mithril


5:  Saruman uses what modern weapon during the battle of Helm’s Deep?

a. Explosives

b. Guns

c. Cannons

d. Airplanes


6:  Where does Denethor get his extensive information?

a. From his network of spies

b. From a palantír

c. From Gandalf

d. d. From his son Faramir


7:  What does Frodo do when he reaches the Cracks of Doom?

a. He throws the Ring into the fire.

b. He collapses from complete exhaustion.

c. He claims the Ring for himself.

d. He forgets what he came to do.


8:  Elrond and Galadriel both wield rings. Who holds the last of the Three?

a. Glorfindel

b. Thranduil

c. Cirdan

d. Gandalf


9:  Where does Saruman die?

a. On the steps of Orthanc

b. At the Black Gate of Mordor

c. In the yard of Bag End

d. In the wilderness


10:  At the conclusion of the novel, where does Frodo go?

a. To his home at Bag End

b. West to the Undying Lands

c. Back to Rivendell

d. To the peace of Lothlórien


11:  Who said the following: “I am not altogether on anybody’s side, because nobody is altogether on my side, if you understand me: nobody cares for the woods as I care for them, not even Elves nowadays.”

a. Tom Bombadil

b. Treebeard

c. Elrond

d. Gandalf


12:  Who said the following: “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”

a. Frodo

b. Bilbo

c. Gollum

d. Gandalf


13:  Who said the following: “I would have things as they were in all the days of my life . . . But if doom denies this to me, then I will have naught: neither life diminished, nor love halved, nor honour abated.”

a. Denethor

b. Aragorn

c. Éowyn

d. Saruman


14:  Who said the following: “We can bide our time, we can keep our thoughts in our hearts, deploring maybe evils done by the way, but approving the high and ultimate purpose . . ..”

a. Boromir

b. Sauron

c. Saruman

d. Denethor


15:  Who said the following: “I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.”

a. Gandalf

b. Frodo

c. Bilbo

d. Galadriel





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