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The Hobbit
Reading Questions, Chapters 16 and 17
Please answer the following questions thoroughly and completely on a separate sheet of paper. Use
textual examples from the story to support your assertions.
1. Thorin is pictured as a negative character. In your opinion, how has he changed since the beginning
or was he so all the time?
2. The whole place still stinks of dragon , says Bilbo to himself. It is not only a litteral statement. Consider
our discussions on the traits of dragons: What else dragonish is there left under the Mountain?
3. What does Bilbo’s decision to return to the dwarves after giving up the Arkenstone demonstrate?