A) 1954 B) 1955 C) 1953 D) 2002
A) The second volume B) The third volume C) The first volume D) The sixth volume
A) The Fellowship of the Ring B) The Hobbit C) The Treason of Isengard D) The Return of the King
A) The Fellowship of the Ring B) The Return of the King C) The Treason of Isengard D) The Ring Goes East
A) Only two towers exist in the entire fictional world B) The author forgot what he named the towers C) There are no towers mentioned in the book D) Five towers are named and Tolkien gave conflicting identifications
A) Saruman B) Peter Jackson C) Gandalf D) J. R. R. Tolkien
A) Five B) Two C) Six D) Three
A) Because the author preferred short stories B) To reduce the cost of publication C) Due to a lack of paper during the war D) To match the number of main characters
A) Books One and Two B) Books Five and Six C) Books Three and Four D) Books Two and Three
A) An index of maps B) A Synopsis C) A complete prequel novel D) An author biography
A) The Return of the King B) The Fellowship of the Ring C) The Treason of Isengard D) The Ring Goes East
A) The Two Towers B) The Treason of Isengard C) The Fall of Sauron D) The Ring Goes East
A) Sauron B) Saruman C) Théoden D) Grishnákh
A) Grishnákh B) Gríma Wormtongue C) Saruman D) Éomer
A) Legolas B) Boromir C) Aragorn D) Gimli
A) He escapes to Minas Tirith B) He defeats all the Orcs alone C) He becomes the new wizard D) They kill him
A) Théoden and Éomer B) Treebeard and the Ents C) Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas D) Gandalf and Boromir
A) Isengard B) Minas Tirith C) Rohan D) Gondor
A) Éomer B) Gríma Wormtongue C) Saruman D) Théoden
A) Edoras B) Orthanc C) Fangorn Forest D) Helm's Deep
A) Saruman B) Gandalf C) Treebeard D) Gríma Wormtongue
A) A spy for Sauron B) The King of Rohan C) The oldest of the tree-like Ents D) A resurrected wizard
A) Gandalf B) Treebeard C) Pippin D) Boromir
A) The Balrog B) An Ent C) A large Uruk-hai D) Grishnákh
A) To serve Saruman B) To rule the kingdom of Rohan C) To complete his mission D) To find the One Ring
A) White B) Black C) Green D) Grey
A) Sauron's B) Boromir's C) Saruman's D) Treebeard's
A) Isengard B) Edoras C) Minas Tirith D) Helm's Deep
A) Pippin B) Théoden, King of Rohan C) Éomer D) Treebeard
A) Grishnákh B) Gríma Wormtongue C) The Balrog D) Boromir
A) Minas Tirith B) Edoras C) Fangorn Forest D) Helm's Deep
A) To Minas Tirith B) To seek help from Treebeard C) To the kingdom of Gondor D) To Isengard to fight Saruman alone
A) Merry and Pippin B) Gandalf and Aragorn C) Théoden and Éomer D) Saruman and Gríma
A) Leave it untouched and peaceful B) Attack and destroy it, and flood it C) Burn it to the ground with fire D) Turn it into a forest
A) In the tower of Orthanc B) In the fortress of Helm's Deep C) In Minas Tirith D) In the capital of Edoras
A) An army of Uruk-hai B) An army of Huorns C) An army of Orcs D) An army of Riders of Rohan
A) They retreat back to Sauron in Mordor B) They flee into the forest of Huorns, never to be seen again C) They capture Merry and Pippin again D) They surrender to Gandalf and join Rohan
A) Trapped in the tower of Orthanc B) Fighting an army of Orcs C) Relaxing amidst the ruins of Isengard D) In the throne room at Edoras
A) His title as King of Rohan B) His life and his staff C) His rank and most of his powers D) His seeing-stone permanently
A) A heavy stone brick B) A glowing wand C) A sharp dagger D) A hard round object
A) Gimli B) Merry C) Aragorn D) Pippin
A) A seed from Fangorn B) A palantír C) The One Ring D) A magical bomb
A) As a seeing-stone B) To cure magical injuries C) As a weapon of mass destruction D) To control the Ents
A) Sauron sees him B) Edoras is flooded with water C) Saruman appears in the room D) The stone shatters into pieces
A) That the Ents are attacking Mordor B) That Saruman has betrayed him C) That Pippin has the One Ring D) That Gandalf is still dead
A) The commotion B) Saruman shouting C) Boromir's ghost D) Treebeard's arrival
A) Minas Tirith, the chief city of Gondor B) Helm's Deep, the ancient fortress C) Fangorn Forest, home of the Ents D) Edoras, the capital of Rohan
A) The ancient fortress of Rohan B) The oldest of the tree-like Ents C) Saruman's stronghold D) The chief city of Gondor
A) Mordor B) Henneth Annûn C) Isengard D) Lothlórien
A) Gollum B) Faramir C) Shelob D) Boromir
A) The Misty Mountains B) The Shire C) The Iron Hills D) The Dead Marshes
A) Eärendil B) Faramir C) Frodo D) Sméagol
A) Ithilien B) Gondor C) Rivendell D) Rohan
A) Aragorn B) Faramir C) Denethor D) Boromir
A) Cousin B) Older brother C) Father D) Younger brother
A) Cirith Ungol B) Henneth Annûn C) Minas Tirith D) Orthanc
A) No, he resists the temptation B) Yes, but he gives it to Boromir C) Yes, he takes it immediately D) He accidentally swallows it
A) Sends them to Mordor bound B) Executes them C) Imprisons them permanently D) Releases them
A) Smaug B) Ungoliant C) Ancalagon D) Shelob
A) A great spider B) A dragon C) A giant eagle D) An orc captain
A) Sting B) Andúril C) Orcrist D) Glamdring
A) He is found unresponsive B) He turns invisible permanently C) He runs away to Mordor D) He wakes up and thanks Sam
A) Frodo asks him to hold it B) He wants to destroy it himself C) Gollum steals it from Frodo D) He believes Frodo is dead
A) Faramir's men B) Elves of Lothlórien C) Orcs D) Rangers of Ithilien
A) He checks Frodo's pulse B) Gollum tells him C) Frodo yells out for help D) He overhears the Orcs
A) August 1953 B) December 1952 C) January 1954 D) February 1954
A) A bright star B) A thin waning moon C) A burning red eye D) A flock of giant eagles
A) A Nazgûl B) A giant bat C) A dragon D) An eagle
A) Episodic B) Interlaced C) Chronological D) Linear
A) Direct linear progression B) Many smaller-scale interlacings C) Immediate reunification D) Complete separation of plots
A) The Hobbit protagonists B) The Elven kings C) The Orc commanders D) The Wizards
A) Detailed maps at the start B) Linear storytelling C) Synchronizing 'narrative landmarks' D) Direct narration by the author
A) A brooch B) A sword C) A ring D) A cloak
A) C.S. Lewis B) Richard C. West C) Tom Shippey D) J.R.R. Tolkien
A) The exact same goal B) A scripted destiny C) No clear purpose D) Their own motivation
A) Immediately upon reading B) Before the book begins C) Retrospectively D) Only through external guidebooks
A) Linear progression of time B) The ultimate failure of quests C) Purpose or pattern behind change D) Random chaos in the universe
A) Gandalf B) Tolkien C) Aragorn D) Shippey
A) Anthony Boucher B) Edwin Muir C) Donald Barr D) John Jordan
A) Inordinate demands B) Joyful expectations C) Brief requests D) Zero impact
A) Edwin Muir B) Mahmud Manzalaoui C) Anthony Boucher D) John Jordan
A) A magician's illusion B) Christ's resurrection C) A mythological rebirth D) A political awakening
A) The New York Times B) Irish Press C) Egyptian Gazette D) The Observer
A) Anthony Boucher B) Edwin Muir C) John Jordan D) Donald Barr
A) Modern technology B) The atomic bomb C) Political power D) Evil |