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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elrond dislike about dwarves?
(a) Their long beards.
(b) Their cruelty and wickedness towards dragons.
(c) Their love of gold.
(d) Their singing.

2. On what day does Elrond read the runes on the swords and on the map?
(a) Bilbo's birthday.
(b) Midsummer morning.
(c) Midsummer's Eve.
(d) The autumn equinox.

3. What prediction of Gandalf's comes true in Chapter 9?
(a) The dwarves have learned to trust Bilbo to save them.
(b) They will be unable to reach the Lonely Mountain by Durin's Day.
(c) They came to disaster when they left the path in Mirkwood.
(d) They will have to abandon their quest and return to digging coal.

4. How does Bilbo find food while skulking around in the Elvenking's palace?
(a) He scrounges it off the rubbish heaps of the elves.
(b) He slips out through the magic gates and goes hunting.
(c) He steals it from the stores or the table when nobody is looking.
(d) He takes it out of the barrels sent to Esgaroth.

5. What is the other name for Rivendell?
(a) The Valley of the Elves.
(b) The Hidden Valley.
(c) The Last Homely House.
(d) The Edge of the Wild.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following methods do the dwarves not use in an attempt to open the secret door before the keyhole is revealed?

2. What does Bilbo's handwriting look like?

3. Where were Glamdring and Orcrist originally forged?

4. What is the name of Gandalf's cousin?

5. In Chapter 9, with whom does the chief guard get drunk?

(see the answer key)

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