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1. Who possesses the ring of power at the start of the trilogy?

(A) Gandalf

(B) Bilbo

(D) Sauron

2. Who do the hobbits encounter at the Prancing Pony?

(A) Gandalf

(B) Legolas

(D) Boromir

3. How many members make up the fellowship of the ring?

(A) Seven

(B) Eight

(D) Ten

4. What is the name of the elf in the fellowship?

(A) Gimli

(B) Legolas

(D) Boromir

5. What is the name of the dwarf in the fellowship?

(A) Gimli

(B) Legolas

(D) Boromir

6. When the pass of Caradhras is blocked, where does Frodo say the fellowship should go?

(A) Rivendell

(B) Lothlorien

(D) Minas Tirith

7. Who is the first member of the fellowship to be separated from the group?

(A) Gandalf

(B) Legolas

(D) Aragorn

8. What happens at the end of the first movie?

(A) Merry and Pippin are carried off by orcs and Uruk-hai

(B) Boromir is killed

(D) All of the above

9. Who has been following Sam and Frodo?

(A) Gollum

(B) Sméagol

(D) None of the above

10. Who is the king of Rohan?

(A) Théoden

(B) Wormtongue

(D) Éomer

11. What is the name of Saruman’s tower?

(A) Minas Tirith

(B) Rivendell

(D) Isengard

12. What animal does Gollum give to Frodo?

(A) A ferret

(B) A rabbit

(D) A fish

13. Where does Théoden decide to send his people?

(A) Minas Tirith

(B) Rivendell

(D) Isengard

14. What forest creatures do Pippin and Merry come across?

(A) Orcs

(B) Uruk-hai

(D) Ents

15. Whom does Aragorn love?

(A) Éowyn

(B) Arwen

(D) None of the above

16. Who shows up to help defend Helm’s Deep at the last moment?

(A) The Ents

(B) An elf army

(D) All of the above

17. Who is the steward of Gondor?

(A) Denethor

(B) Boromir

(D) Faramir

18. What is the name of the capital of Gondor?

(A) Osgiliath

(B) Helm’s Deep

(D) Cirith Ungol

19. To whom does Pippin pledge allegiance?

(A) Denethor

(B) Faramir

(D) Gandalf

20. What are Sam and Frodo running out of as they journey to Mount Doom?

(A) Water

(B) Strength

(D) All of the above

21. What does Elrond offer to Aragorn?

(A) The evenstar

(B) A ring

(D) Immortal life

22. How is the ring destroyed at Mount Doom?

(A) Sam drops it into the lava

(B) Frodo drops it into the lava

(D) An eagle carries Frodo to the lip of the mountain and he drops the ring

23. Who finally kills the witch-king?

(A) Éowyn

(B) Merry

(D) Pippin

24. Who is the first hobbit to get married?

(A) Merry

(B) Pippin

(D) Sam

25. Who departs with the elves at the trilogy’s conclusion?

(A) Bilbo

(B) Frodo

(D) All of the above

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