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The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Chapter 1
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Bilbo Baggins
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What quality, common to many protagonists in children's literature, does Bilbo possess?
Understated wisdom
Understated charisma
Overstated greed
Overstated intuition
2
of 5
Bilbo's mother belonged to which eccentric hobbit family?
The Baggins family
The Proudfoot family
The Gamgee family
The Took family
3
of 5
Gandalf remains a looming mystery in The Hobbit, a constant reminder that Middle-Earth is ___.
Vast and cryptic
Small and insignificant
A made up place
A parallel dimension
4
of 5
What separates Gandalf from most characters in commercial, fantasy literature produced after The Hobbit?
His realistic personality
His clichéd personality
His sweeping, epic personality
His likeable, comical personality
5
of 5
The arrogant Thorin works as a foil for ___.
Bilbo
Gandalf
Smaug
Elrond
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