The Hobbit Study Guide

1. Who is Bilbo Baggins' mother?

• Princess of the Hobbits
• Elrond
• Belladonna Took
• Bella Dear

2. What is the color of Bilbo Baggins' painted door?

• Blue
• Green
• Brown
• Red

3. What visual scene dominates Bilbo's memory of Gandalf?

• A magic trick involving invisibility
• A pyrotechnic display
• A meeting between Gandalf and Bilbo's mother
• A forest fire

4. As of Chapter Two, what are Gandalf's and Bilbo's "professions," respectively?

• Thief, Hero
• Wizard, Burglar
• Wizard, Thief
• Magician, Porter

5. Which of the following characters is not a Goblin?

• Tom
• Bert
• William
• All of the above

6. In Chapter Four, who locates the cave for the group's lodging?

• Gandalf
• Fili
• Kili
• Fili and Kili

7. Who is the owner of the horse that Gandalf has lost to the Goblins?

• Elrond
• Gandalf
• Tom Bombadil
• Bilbo Baggins

8. Which of the following series correctly matches a sword with its owner and one of the sword's other names?

• Goblin-Cleaver, Thorin, Foe-Hammer
• Orcrist, Gandalf, Biter
• Beater, Gandalf, Orcrist
• Orcrist, Thorin, Goblin-Cleaver

9. Who wields the sword called "Foe-hammer?"

• Thorin
• Gandalf
• Bilbo
• Great Goblin

10. According to song, where do Goblins "laugh" and "quaff?"

• "Goblintown"
• "Where the night is half"
• "The Desolation of Smaug"
• "At the Golden Calf"