The Two Towers

J. R. R. Tolkien

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1. Who kills Boromir?

2. Whom is Aragorn pursuing at the opening of The Two Towers?

3. What is Legolas’s special ability?

4. What are the Uruk-hai?

5. What type of creature is Fangorn?

6. What is an Entmoot?

7. What is the final decision of the Ent assembly?

8. What is the relation between Gandalf and the White Rider?

9. Who is most closely associated with the Golden Hall?

10. Who controls the realm of Isengard?

11. Who is Éowyn?

12. For what does Gandalf denounce Wormtongue?

13. What is a palantír?

14. How is Saruman’s palantír separated from its owner?

15. Which two characters are the primary focus of the second half of The Two Towers?

16. For what food does Gollum frequently yearn?

17. How are Boromir and Faramir related?

18. Why does Faramir blindfold Frodo and Sam?

19. What is Gollum doing when Faramir’s men spot him?

20. To what do the stairs of Cirith Ungol lead?

21. What does Gollum call the Ring?

22. What is Shelob?

23. What does the phial of Galadrial provide?

24. How do Sam and Frodo overcome the obstacle of Shelob’s cobwebs?

25. In what state does Sam find Frodo after Shelob’s attack?

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