Hobbit Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. With armies gathering outside the Lonely Mountain, why does Bilbo secretly give away the Arkenstone?
He hopes Bard and the Elvenking can use it as leverage in negotiations with Thorin.
He wants Bard to destroy it before Thorin can claim it.
He believes it can restore the ruined parts of Lake-town.
He has promised to return it to the descendants of Girion.
2. Why are Bilbo’s possessions being auctioned when he returns to Hobbiton?
The Sackville-Bagginses have successfully challenged his ownership of Bag End.
Bilbo instructed his neighbors to sell everything if he was gone for a year.
The Shire authorities are collecting payment for his journey.
He has been presumed dead during his long absence.
3. What immediate advantage does Bilbo gain when he wears the ring he finds?
He can understand the speech of birds.
He becomes strong enough to fight goblins directly.
He can see clearly in complete darkness.
He becomes invisible.
4. Which description best identifies Beorn?
A wizard who specializes in healing animals
A skin-changer who can take the form of a great bear
An exiled dwarf who guards the road into Mirkwood
A Wood-elf who raises unusually large horses
5. Which sequence correctly explains how Bard learns where to aim at Smaug?
Gandalf studies the dragon’s tracks and sends Bard a written warning.
Thorin finds an old battle plan and gives it to the Master of Lake-town.
Bilbo notices Smaug’s bare patch, and a thrush later tells Bard about it.
Roäc observes the weak spot during the attack and reports it to Bard.
6. Why does Gandalf leave Thorin’s company before it enters Mirkwood?
He leaves to join efforts against the Necromancer.
He returns to Hobbiton to protect the Shire from goblins.
He searches for the missing wizard Radagast inside the mountains.
He goes to warn the Elvenking that Smaug has awakened.
7. The trolls keep arguing until dawn instead of eating their captives. What causes their defeat?
Bilbo secretly poisons their supper.
Gandalf stalls them until sunlight turns them to stone.
Thorin drives them into a flooded river.
Beorn arrives and frightens them away from the fire.
8. What weapon does Bard use to kill Smaug?
Orcrist
A spear forged beneath the Lonely Mountain
His Black Arrow
An arrow borrowed from the Elvenking
9. Bilbo must get the dwarves out of the Elvenking’s underground halls. What plan does he use?
He disguises them as members of the king’s guard.
He hides them in barrels sent down the river.
He leads them through a tunnel revealed by moonlight.
He trades the ring for their release.
10. Near the end of his life, what does Thorin acknowledge during his reconciliation with Bilbo?
The world would be merrier if more people valued food, cheer, and song above hoarded gold.
The quest failed because the company trusted Gandalf too much.
Only a ruler who possesses great treasure can bring peace.
Bilbo should have kept the Arkenstone for himself.
11. Which groups make up the five armies in the Battle of Five Armies?
Dwarves, elves, men, eagles, and goblins
Dwarves, elves, men, goblins, and bats
Dwarves, elves, men, goblins, and wargs
Dwarves, men, goblins, wargs, and trolls
12. The company studies hidden writing on Thrór’s map. What do the moon-letters reveal?
A clue about finding the keyhole by the last light of Durin’s Day
A warning that the Front Gate opens only during a full moon
Directions to a tunnel leading beneath Lake-town
The location of Smaug’s unprotected spot
13. Why does Bilbo give his small sword the name Sting?
Beorn tells him it once belonged to a famous warrior.
Its blade burns anyone who touches it.
A bee-shaped mark appears on its hilt.
He uses it to kill a giant spider in Mirkwood.
14. Why do Thorin and his companions bring Bilbo into their expedition?
They believe he knows a secret route through Mirkwood.
They need him to translate the moon-letters.
They want him to serve as their burglar.
They expect him to negotiate with the Elvenking.
15. During the riddle contest beneath the Misty Mountains, what does Gollum promise if Bilbo wins?
To surrender his ring to Bilbo willingly
To guide Bilbo out of the tunnels
To show Bilbo where the goblins keep their treasure
To carry a message to Gandalf and the dwarves
16. At the secret door on the Lonely Mountain, how does the company finally gain entry?
Bilbo speaks a password learned from Elrond.
Gandalf returns and breaks the door’s enchantment.
The thrush taps a pattern that causes the stone to move.
The last light reveals the keyhole, and Thorin uses the key.