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WorksheetsThe Hobbit Review
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of Thorin's sword?
a)
Glamring
b)
Sting
c)
Orcist
d)
Slasher
2.
Who killed Smaug?
a)
Bilbo
b)
Bard
c)
Gandolf
d)
Thorin
3.
What is Lake-town's true name?
a)
River-end
b)
Esgarath
c)
Dale
d)
Mens-town
4.
What animal does Beorn shape-shift into?
a)
Dragon
b)
Warg
c)
Wolf
d)
Bear
5.
Who is the ruler of Rivendell?
a)
Bolg
b)
Elrond
c)
Elray
d)
Tranduit
6.
Who is not a troll?
a)
Bob
b)
Bert
c)
Tom
d)
Bill
7.
What is the name of Bilbo's sword?
a)
Sting
b)
Stang
c)
Slasher
d)
Strangle
8.
Where does Bilbo live?
a)
Rivendell
b)
HIbbitown
c)
Lake-town
d)
Hobbiton
9.
What did Bilbo forget as he started on the adventure?
a)
journal and keys
b)
pipe and hat
c)
hankerchief and hat
d)
walking stick and hat
10.
What did Bilbo name his book?
a)
The Hobbit
b)
Bilbo's Book
c)
There and Back Again
d)
He doesn't write a book.
11.
How many dwarves were there in the group?
a)
13
b)
12
c)
14
d)
11
12.
What color is the arkenstone?
a)
black
b)
white
c)
silver
d)
clear
13.
What was the name of the river that the company was traveling on?
a)
Running River
b)
Misty River
c)
Restless River
d)
River of Mist
14.
Who is the antagonist of the story?
a)
Bilbo
b)
Gandalf
c)
Thorin
d)
Smaug
15.
What families does Bilbo descend from?
a)
Took and Istar
b)
Gloine and Girioin
c)
Thror and Thrain
d)
Baggins and Took
16.
What is Elrond's elf ranking?
a)
peasant
b)
Elf-Lord
c)
Elf-King
d)
Elf-Knight
17.
Who captures Bilbo and the dwarves in the mountains?
a)
Stone Giants
b)
Elves
c)
Men
d)
Goblins
18.
What names insult a spider?
a)
Porter
b)
Attercrop
c)
Rude
d)
Sting
19.
Which did not participate in the Battle of the Five Armies?
a)
The Goblins
b)
The Necromancer
c)
Wood Elves
d)
Dain's Army
20.
What was Gollum's precious treasure?
a)
Smaug's treasure
b)
The One Ring
c)
The One Crown
d)
his fish
21.
What is the name of Bilbo's home?
a)
Crookhollow Bend
b)
Bag End
c)
Honeyside
d)
Windhelm
22.
What race originally forged the weapons the party took from the trolls?
a)
The Goblins
b)
The Orcs
c)
The Dwarves
d)
The Elves
23.
How many dwarves survived after the Battle of the Five Armies?
a)
6
b)
10
c)
11
d)
8
24.
Who saved Thorin in the Battle of the Five Armies?
a)
Bolg
b)
Thorin
c)
Beorn
d)
Gandalf
25.
Who showed up at Bilbo's door at the end of the book?
a)
Balin
b)
Gandalf and Fili
c)
Balin and Gandalf
d)
Dain and Gandalf
26.
What type of bird lands near Bilbo and jogs his memory about Elrond's riddle about how to access the mountain's secret entrance?
a)
raven
b)
robin
c)
eagle
d)
thrush
27.
When Thorin learns of Bilbo's hand in Bard's possession of the Arkenstone, how does he almost kill the Hobbit?
a)
By drowning him.
b)
By hanging him.
c)
By stabbing him.
d)
By throwing him off a cliff.
28.
Who becomes King Under the Mountain after Thorin's death?
a)
Dain
b)
Roac
c)
Bombur
d)
Thror
29.
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
What is it?
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
What is it?
a)
night
b)
dark
c)
life
d)
death
30.
How does one go about talking to dragons?
a)
Riddles
b)
Make them laugh
c)
Swapping stories
d)
Give them what they want before you are burnt to ashes
31.
Why did the people of Laketown get so excited when Thorin introduced himself?
a)
Prophecies have foretold the King Under the Mountain would reclaim his throne and defeat Smaug
b)
He promised to restore Laketown to its former glory
c)
He could finally get rid of the Master, who has run his people to the ground
d)
They were astonished to be in the presence of royalty
32.
Gollum's name for his ring.
a)
Precious
b)
Beloved
c)
Lovely
d)
Filthy
33.
What ultimately helped Bilbo remember Elrond's words?
a)
Gandalf sent him a message
b)
A wood thrush cracking something against stone
c)
Sunlight shining onto the keyhole, revealing it
d)
He just suddenly remembered it
34.
What did Beorn warn the dwarves about concerning Mirkwood?
a)
Not to trust the voices whispering through the shadows
b)
A dangerous wizard lives there
c)
The animals there are not like his; they will kill them on first sight
d)
Not to go off the path
35.
How did Bilbo win the riddle game?
a)
Caught Gollum about to kill him and made him forfeit his side of the deal
b)
Gave Gollum an extremely difficult riddle that he couldn't answer
c)
He put on the ring and ran away
d)
Asking a question that was not necessarily a riddle
36.
What is the Hero's Journey theory?
a)
Every hero has to go through a journey that brings about significant character growth
b)
Every quest narrative and every character in them have a specific formula that they follow
c)
Every quest narrative has to include a hero fighting great monsters on his or her journey
d)
None of the above
37.
Where does the period at the end of a sentence go when you cite a quote? (Format we learned in class.)
a)
words words words" (Tolkien 5).
b)
words words words. (Tolkien 5)"
c)
words words words (Tolkien 5)."
d)
words words words (Tolkien 5.)"
38.
What was a huge turning point in Bilbo's character?
a)
Outsmarting Gollum
b)
Fighting giant spiders and rescuing his friends
c)
Killing the Goblin King and getting the party out of the tunnels
d)
Finding a way into the Lonely Mountain
39.
Who are known allies with each other?
a)
Elves and Dwarves
b)
Wargs and Goblins
c)
Dragons and Skinchangers
d)
Men and Elves
40.
What are the six creatures we learned about from The Hobbit?
a)
Elves, Trolls, Orcs, Goblins, Fairies, Brownies
b)
Dragons, Fauns, Selkies, Skinchangers, Griffins, Sphinx
c)
Ghouls, Basilisks, Gnomes, Imps, Centaurs, Dragons
d)
Dragons, Skinchangers, Trolls, Goblins, Elves, Wargs
41.
Why is Gandalf frowned upon in the Shire?
a)
His fireworks are awful
b)
He drags people off on unwanted adventures
c)
He got Belladonna Took killed
d)
He once brought a huge hoard of goblins to the Shire (it was an accident)
42.
What did the water do in Mirkwood?
a)
Puts victims in an enchanted sleep and takes away memories
b)
Turns travelers violent if swollowed
c)
It's a lake full of acid which burns anything it touches
d)
It is dangerous poison and will kill someone when ingested
43.
What did Elrond say?
a)
He told them how to defeat Smaug
b)
He had no idea what the Rune Letters said and that they would have to ask Beorn
c)
Told them exactly how to get to their destination
d)
Deciphered the Rune Letters, clueing the party on how to get into the secret entrance
44.
How did the group ultimately get rescued from the Wargs?
a)
The Lord of the Eagles sent help
b)
Gandalf fought them off with flaming pinecones
c)
Beorn heard the commotion and rushed in to aid in the fighting
d)
The group did not get saved; they fought their enemies off
45.
What happened that caused the dwarves to end up in the clutches of the Trolls?
a)
They were too busy arguing to notice the trolls sneaking up on them
b)
Their map was inaccurate and led them astray
c)
Bilbo crashed into their food pot and created a great disturbance
d)
Bilbo wanted to practice the art of burglary and got caught
46.
What happened to the Trolls?
a)
Their souls sank into the ground at sunrise
b)
Gandalf defeated them by ambush
c)
They turned to stone
d)
Bilbo fought them off
47.
Why are the Goblins after the dwarves?
a)
They are responsible for the death of the Great Goblin
b)
They are escaped prisoners and because of this they would make the Goblins look bad
c)
Goblins hate dwarves, period
d)
They killed the leader of the Wargs
48.
What did Smaug tell Bilbo that got under his skin?
a)
That he would burn the Shire down with all Bilbo's kind
b)
That the dwarves were just using him and they weren't trustworthy
c)
He mocked his height and helplessness
d)
The dwarves would kill him later
49.
Which two characters aided Thorin and Co.?
a)
Tauriel and Legolas
b)
Elrond and Galadriel
c)
The Elvenking (Thranduil) and Bard
d)
Beorn and Elrond
50.
Who ushers Bilbo off on his adventure?
a)
Gandalf
b)
Thorin
c)
Oin
d)
Peer pressure
51.
Name of Bilbo's sword.
a)
Glamdring
b)
Sting
c)
Orcrist
d)
Biter
52.
How did the group escape from the Wood Elves?
a)
Gandalf sent the eagles to help them
b)
Beorn came and rescued them
c)
They surprised the guards and fought their way out
d)
They packed themselves in barrels and rode down the river
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