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The Return of the King

J. R. R. Tolkien

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1. Which of the following is not a distinguishing characteristic of Minas Tirith?

(A) Seven concentric city walls

(B) An empty throne

(D) A white tree

2. Why does Pippin offer his sword to Denethor in service of Gondor?

(A) Gandalf instructs him to do so

(B) He feels a debt to Gondor for Boromir's bravery

(D) The Steward is dying and Pippin feels pity for him

3. How does Aragorn encounter Sauron?

(A) By traveling the Paths of the Dead

(B) In a series of prophetic dreams

(D) In the out-walls of Mordor

4. Who is the most frightened character in the journey through the Paths of the Dead?

(A) Gimli

(B) Legolas

(D) Pippin

5. Why must the Sleepless Dead obey Aragorn's commands?

(A) They attribute to him a godly status

(B) They broke an oath to Aragorn's ancestor long ago

(D) Aragorn casts a spell over them

6. How does Merry arrive at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields?

(A) He rides his pony alongside Théoden and his Riders

(B) He takes the Paths of the Dead

(D) He rides with Gandalf on the back of Shadowfax

7. What does the Enemy catapult over the walls of Minas Tirith?

(A) A palantír

(B) Poisonous stones from Mordor

(D) Faramir's armor

8. What strange guides lead the Riders of Rohan on a secret path to Gondor?

(A) The Woses

(B) The Dead

(D) The Uruk-hai

9. How does Gandalf defend the gates of Minas Tirith against the Lord of the Nazgûl?

(A) He strikes the Black Captain with his white fire

(B) He casts a spell on the Black Captain

(D) He commands the Black Captain to return to Mordor

10. What does Denethor take with him to his fiery death?

(A) The sword Andúril

(B) The White Tree of Elendil

(D) His son Faramir

11. What is ironic about Aragorn's arrival in Gondor?

(A) Gondor has already won the battle against Mordor

(B) He has forgotten his sword, Andúril

(D) He arrives in the black ships of the Enemy

12. How does Aragorn heal the sick and dying in the Houses of Healing?

(A) He crowns himself King of Gondor

(B) He crushes the leaves of a common herb and touches the wounded

(D) His mere presence heals the wounded as he passes by

13. What is the goal of Gondor's advance attack on Mordor?

(A) To ambush Sauron before his forces are ready

(B) To distract Sauron from the Ring-bearer's activities

(D) To redeem the people of Middle-earth by their personal sacrifice

14. What does Sauron's Lieutenant use to threaten Gandalf and his envoy?

(A) The garments and sword of Frodo and Sam

(B) A pack of bloodthirsty Orcs

(D) One of the other Rings of Power

15. How does Sam elude the Two Watchers at the gates of Ungol?

(A) He puts on the Ring and calmly passes through

(B) He sings a song to distract them

(D) He wears Orc clothing

16. How does Sam overpower Frodo's Orc captors?

(A) He brandishes the burning phial of Galadriel

(B) He scares them off

(D) He casts a spell on the Orc guards

17. How does Frodo respond when he learns that Sam has safeguarded the Ring?

(A) He snatches the Ring from Sam

(B) He believes Sam should continue to carry the Ring

(D) He strikes Sam for his stupidity

18. What physical image of Sauron intimidates Frodo and Sam?

(A) Mount Doom

(B) The tower of Cirith Ungol

(D) The Darkness

19. How does the Ring end up in the Cracks of Doom?

(A) Frodo dives into the Cracks

(B) Frodo and Sam carry the Ring together and drop it in

(D) Gollum bites the Ring from Frodo's finger and falls into the Cracks

20. Whom does Éowyn agree to marry?

(A) Legolas

(B) Éomer

(D) Faramir

21. What does Arwen give to Frodo?

(A) A lock of her hair

(B) A mysterious book of tales

(D) A crown, in recognition of his unrecognized bravery

22. Who is the “Boss” of the Shire?

(A) Tom Bombadil

(B) Lobelia Sackville-Baggins

(D) Saruman

23. How does Saruman die?

(A) Several Hobbits shoot him with arrows

(B) His servant, Wormtongue, kills him

(D) He passes away of old age on the outskirts of the Shire

24. What improvement does Sam make to the Shire?

(A) He replants it with the trees of Lórien

(B) He builds several aboveground houses

(D) He invents a productive crop-sharing system

25. What do Frodo and Gandalf do at the end of the novel?

(A) They ride to Gondor to live with Aragorn

(B) They ride to Lórien to live with Galadriel and Celeborn

(D) They sail to the unknown West

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