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1. 'They soon came to a wooden gate, high and broad, beyond which they could see gardens and a cluster of low wooden buildings, some thatched and made of unshaped logs, barns, stables, sheds, and a long low wooden house. Inside, on the southward side of the great hedge were rows and rows of hives with bell-shaped tops made of straw.' Who lived here?
2. 'At the top was an arch of interlacing letters in an Elvish character. Below, though the threads were in places blurred or broken, the outline could be seen of an anvil and a hammer surmounted by a crown with seven stars. Beneath these again were two trees, each bearing crescent moons. More clearly than all else there shone forth in the middle of the door a single star with many rays.' These are the Doors to ... where?
3. 'They went along the lane, until they saw the thatched roofs of a large house and farm-buildings, peeping out among the trees. ... built of brick, and had a high wall around it. There was a wide wooden gate opening out of the wall into the lane.' Who lived here?
4. '...a great mound, covered with a sward of grass as green as Springtime in the Elder Days. Upon it, as a double crown, grew two circles of trees: the outer had bark of snowy white, and were leafless but beautiful; the inner were mallorn trees of great height, still arrayed in pale gold. High amid the branches of a towering tree that stood in the centre of all there gleamed a white flet.' Where was this?
5. 'The village of ____ had some hundred stone houses of the Big Folk, mostly above the road, nestling on the hillside with windows looking west. On that side, running in more than half a circle from the hill and back to it, there was a deep dike with a thick hedge on the other side.' Which village?
6. 'They stood on a wet floor of polished stone, the doorstep, as it were, of a rough-hewn gate of rock opening dark behind them. But in front a thin veil of water was hung, so near that Frodo could have put an outstretched arm into it. It faced westward.' Where was this?
7. 'They knew they were drawing near to the end of their journey, and that it might be a very horrible end. The land about them grew bleak and barren, though once ... it had been green and fair. There was little grass, and before long there was neither bush nor tree, and only broken and blackened stumps to speak of ones long vanished. They were come to .... ' Where?
8. 'They were in a long low room, filled with the light of lamps swinging from the beams of the roof, and on the table of dark polished wood stood many candles, tall and yellow, burning brightly.' Where was this?
9. Gollum describes this particlar place like this: 'A little path leading up into the mountains; and then a stair, a narrow stair, O yes very long and narrow. And then more stairs. And then a tunnel, a dark tunnel; and at last a little cleft, and a path high above the main pass.'
10. After leaving Moria, Gimli stops to show Frodo an important view. 'They saw the forms of the encircling mountains mirrored in a profound blue, and the peaks were like plumes of white flame above them; beyond there was a space of sky. There like jewels sunk in the deep shone glinting stars, though sunlight was in the sky above. Of their own stooping forms no shadow could be seen.' Where was this?
11. Where was King Theoden of Rohan buried?
12. Which of these mountain ranges is NOT in Mordor?
13. How was Elrond's house described by Gandalf in 'The Hobbit'?
14. What was the name of the principal town in the Shire, situated on the White Downs in the Westfarthing, and home to what later became the Shire's prison?
15. 'Looking ahead they could see only tree trunks of innumerable sizes and shapes; straight or bent, twisted, leaning, squat or slender, smooth or gnarled and branched; and all the stems were green or grey with moss and slimy, shaggy growths.' Which forest is this?
Source: Author
Elanor
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