The Hobbit Study Guide Chapters 1-7
1.
a)
b)
c)
What color is Bilbo’s front door leading into his hobbit hole?
Yellow
Brown
Green
2. What did the dwarves do to tease with Bilbo after he realizes that his hobbit
hole has become very messy?
a) play some games
b) sing a silly, taunting song to him
c) through the food onto the floor
3. What was the name of the town of Men that was under the shadow of the
Lonely Mountain until the dragon came and destroyed it?
a) Dale.
b) Esgaroth.
c) Bywater.
4.
a)
b)
c)
Which dwarf has a smoke-ring blowing competition or game with Gandalf?
Thorin.
Bifur.
Gloin.
5. What game or sport was accidentally invented by Bilbo's ancestor Bullroarer
Took?
a) Golf.
b) Football.
c) Snooker.
6.
a)
b)
c)
What was the name of Bilbo's mother?
Rosemary Took.
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.
Belladonna Took,
7.
a)
b)
c)
Which dwarves are the best at lighting fires?
Oin and Gloin.
Nori and Ori.
Kili and Fili.
8.
a)
b)
c)
How many dwarves are there in this journey?
13
14
12
9.
a)
b)
c)
Which dwarf puts up the most fight when the trolls try to capture him?
Gloin.
Bombur.
Thorin.
10.
What does Bilbo take from the trolls' hoard of loot?
a) A pot full of gold coins.
b) A knife big enough to serve him as a short sword.
c) A long beautiful sword in a jewelled scabbard.
11.
What is unusual or rare about Elrond's ancestry?
a) He is half human and half goblin.
b) He is half elf and half human
c) He is half human and half hobbit.
12.
On what day does Elrond read the runes on the swords and on the map?
a) Bilbo's birthday.
b) Midsummer Eve
c) The autumn equinox.
13.
What is the English translation for the names of the swords (Orcrist
and Glamdring) that Thorin and Gandalf now own?
a) Goblin-cleaver and Foe-hammer.
b) Warhammer and Dragonslayer.
c) Truefriend and Goblin-hammer.
14.
What is another name for the Dwarves' New Year?
a) The Hunter's Moon
b) The Day of the Thrush.
c) Durin's Day.
15.
Where were Glamdring and Orcrist originally forged?
a) In the Mines of Moria.
b) In the ancient elvish kingdom of Gondolin.
c) In Thror's kingdom that was destroyed by the dragon.
16.
What type of bird is named in the moon-letters on the map?
a) An eagle.
b) A thrush
c) A raven.
17.
What weather forces the adventurers to seek shelter in a cave in
Chapter 4?
a) Hail and sleet.
b) A thunderstorm.
c) A blizzard.
18.
Who found the cave in Chapter 4?
a) Fili and Kili.
b) Balin and Dwalin.
c) Gandalf and Bilbo.
19.
What was the final fate of the ponies?
a) The goblins ate them.
b) They escaped back to Rivendell.
c) The goblins used them to draw carts in the mines.
20.
Which of the following devices do the goblins
for them)?
a) Instruments of torture.
b) Pickaxes.
c) trumpets
not
make (or have made
21.
What is the goblin name for Thorin's sword?
a) Biter
b) Thunderbolt
c) Beater
22.
What is the goblin name for Gandalf’s sword?
a) Biter
b) Sting
c) Beater
23.
What is obviously magical about Gandalf's sword Glamdring (Foehammer)?
a) It cannot be taken out of the owner's hand unless the owner is killed.
b) It burns blue when goblins are nearby.
c) It becomes invisible when the owner is in danger.
24.
What light are the adventurers using to guide them inside the tunnels in
Ch. 4?
a) The magical glow on Gandalf's staff.
b) A strange green glow given off by Gandalf's smoke rings.
c) The magical light given off by Orcrist and Glamdring when goblins are nearby.
25.
Why can't the dwarves hear the goblins coming?
a) The goblins are wearing soft shoes
b) The dwarves are talking too loudly.
c) The echoes inside the caves are too confusing.
26.
Why do the goblins not find Bilbo after he is knocked unconscious?
a) They see him, but do not bother with him.
b) He is lying quietly in a dark corner.
c) The are too busy looking at the dwarves and Gandalf.
27.
What does Bilbo find on the floor in Chapter 5?
a) His pipe and tobacco pouch.
b) A slice of bacon.
c) A ring.
28.
What does Bilbo learn about his sword in Chapter 5?
a) It acts as a compass so he does not lose his sense of direction.
b) It is an elvish blade like Glamdring and Orcrist.
c) It helps him see in the dark.
29.
Who is the protagonist in the story?
a) Bilbo Baggins
b) Gollum
c) Elrond
30.
What stops Bilbo from going forward in the dark tunnels in Chapter 5?
a) He comes to the edge of a subterranean lake.
b) Gollum catches him.
c) He blunders into a dead end.
31.
How does Gollum get from his island to the shore of the lake?
a) His ring helps him walk across the surface of the water.
b) He paddles a little boat.
c) He rides on the back of blind fish.
32.
What does Gollum eat?
a) Fish and mushrooms.
b) Bats and spiders.
c) Fish and goblins.
33.
What will happen if Bilbo loses the riddle contest?
a) Bilbo will become Gollum's slave.
b) Gollum will hand him over to the goblins in return for food.
c) Gollum will eat him
34.
Where did Gollum live before coming to the underground lake?
a) With the goblins, but he was banished after he ate one of them.
b) With his grandmother in a hole in a bank beside a river.
c) On the top of a windy mountain.
35.
What does Bilbo not tell the dwarves about his adventures inside the
tunnels?
a) That his little sword is an elvish blade like Glamdring and Orcrist.
b) That he now has a ring that makes him invisible when he puts it on.
c) That Gollum wanted to eat him if he lost the riddle contest.
36.
Which word means underground, or under the earth?
a) scuttled
b) subterranean
c) throng
37.
What reward do the dwarves give to the eagles at the end of the
adventures?
a) Specially designed spurs of steel that will help them fight agains the goblins better.
b) A wagon load of silver and gold.
c) A golden crown for the Lord of Eagles and golden collars for his fifteen chieftans.
38.
What special ability does Beorn have?
a) He can change from a man into a black bear.
b) He can hunt any animal alive with his bare hands.
c) He can lift rocks as big as the Carrock.
39.
What is Beorn doing when Gandalf and Bilbo arrive at his house?
a) Chopping wood.
b) Extracting honey from his hives
c) Shearing sheep.
40.
How does Beorn react to the dwarves' talk of gold, silver and jewels?
a) He is intrigued and starts becoming greedy for a share of the treasure.
b) He is amazed at the skill the dwarves talk about.
c) He ignores them, as he has no interest in treasures.
41.
How does Beorn find out that Gandalf's story is true?
a) He finds the burnt wolf-glade and also forces a captive warg and goblin to tell him.
b) The Lord of the Eagles tells him.
c) He finds the dead body of the Great Goblin.
42.
What does Bilbo see at nightfall as they travel towards Mirkwood?
a) Wargs and goblins trying to sneak past Beorn's borders.
b) The borrowed ponies trying to escape.
c) A great black bear (Beorn in his animal shape) following them.
43.
What is Gandalf's last piece of advice before he leaves the dwarves and
Bilbo?
a) You must either go through or give up the quest.
b) Don't go near the Necromancer's tower.
c) Don't leave the path.
44.
Why shouldn't the adventurers drink from the black stream in the
middle of Mirkwood?
a) They will never find it.
b) Beorn had warned them that the water was enchanted.
c) It is poisonous and unhealthy.
45.
Which of the following vocabulary words means to be shocked and
surprised?
a) smote
b) ventured
c) flummoxed
46.
Which of the following is not an example of a simile from The Hobbit?
a) “Valleys have ears, and some elves have over merry tongues.”
b) It burst out like a whistle from an engine.”
c) “…shaking like a bowl full of jelly melting.”
d) “Elves know what is going on among the peoples of the land as quick as water flows.”