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Fantasy Literature: J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring Answers

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Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.One morning the hobbits woke to find the large field, south of Bilbo’s front door, covered with ropes and poles for tents and pavilions. A special entrance was cut into the bank leading to the road, and wide steps and a large white gate were built there. The three hobbit-families of Bagshot Row, adjoining the field, were intensely interested and generally envied. Old Gaffer Gamgee stopped even pretending to work in his garden.

A
Hobbits enjoy having birthday parties.
B
Bilbo has money to spend on a big gathering.
C
The hobbits live together near a great field.
D
Gaffer Gamgee is lazy in his garden work.
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Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.Many people from other parts of the Shire were also asked; and there were even a few from outside the borders. Bilbo met the guests (and additions) at the new white gate in person. He gave away presents to all and sundry—the latter were those who went out again by a back way and came in again by the gate. Hobbits give presents to other people on their own birthdays. Not very expensive ones, as a rule, and not so lavishly as on this occasion; but it was not a bad system. Actually in Hobbiton and Bywater every day in the year it was somebody’s birthday, so that every hobbit in those parts had a fair chance of at least one present at least once a week. But they got tired of them.

A
Many people are invited to the party.
B
Some hobbits came from faraway.
C
Hobbiton is a community with deep traditions.
D
Bilbo purchased gifts for everyone in town.
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Which line is an example of direct characterization?

A
Bilbo was very rich and very peculiar, and had been the wonder of the Shire for sixty years . . .
B
And if that was not enough for fame, there was also his prolonged vigour to marvel at.
C
At ninety-nine they began to call him well-preserved; but unchanged would have been nearer the mark.
D
And it was popularly believed, whatever the old folk might say, that the Hill at Bag End was full of tunnels stuffed with treasure.
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Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.On this occasion the presents were unusually good. The hobbit-children were so excited that for a while they almost forgot about eating. There were toys the like of which they had never seen before, all beautiful and some obviously magical. Many of them had indeed been ordered a year before, and all the way from the Mountain and from Dale, and were of real dwarf-make.

A
Great presents are given at the party.
B
The children almost forget to eat.
C
Some of the toys are magical.
D
The gifts have been ordered very early.
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Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring."How bright your garden looks!” said Gandalf."Yes,” said Bilbo. "I am very fond indeed of it, and of all the dear old Shire; but I think I need a holiday.”"You mean to go on with your plan then?”"I do. I made up my mind months ago, and I haven’t changed it.”"Very well. It is no good saying any more. Stick to your plan—your whole plan, mind—and I hope it will turn out for the best, for you, and for all of us.”"I hope so. Anyway I mean to enjoy myself on Thursday, and have my little joke.”

A
as determined
B
as generous
C
as homesick
D
as unfriendly
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Which is an example of indirect characterization?

A
Our teacher was quick to laugh. He had a great sense of humor.
B
The small girl smiled shyly after completing her piano solo.
C
Samuel was anxious and very eager to please his teacher.
D
Luke had a large vocabulary. He was an excellent writer.
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B
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C
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D
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Which excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring shows an element of fantasy?

A
It was driven by outlandish folk, singing strange songs: dwarves with long beards and deep hoods.
B
He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, and a silver scarf.
C
At Bilbo’s front door the old man began to unload: there were great bundles of fireworks of all sorts of shapes
D
His real business was far more difficult and dangerous, but the Shire-folk knew nothing about it.
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Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.That was Gandalf’s mark, of course, and the old man was Gandalf the Wizard, whose fame in the Shire was due mainly to his skill with fires, smokes, and lights. His real business was far more difficult and dangerous, but the Shire-folk knew nothing about it. To them he was just one of the "attractions” at the Party. Hence the excitement of the hobbit-children. "G for Grand!” they shouted, and the old man smiled. They knew him by sight, though he only appeared in Hobbiton occasionally and never stopped long; but neither they nor any but the oldest of their elders had seen one of his firework displays—they now belonged to the legendary past.

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as dangerous
B
as intriguing
C
as excited
D
as irritable
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Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.Then the weather clouded over. That was on Wednesday the eve of the Party. Anxiety was intense. Then Thursday, September the 22nd, actually dawned. The sun got up, the clouds vanished, flags were unfurled and the fun began.Bilbo Baggins called it a party, but it was really a variety of entertainments rolled into one. Practically everybody living near was invited. A very few were overlooked by accident, but as they turned up all the same, that did not matter.

A
The weather is cloudy on the day of the party.
B
The community anxiously awaits the gathering.
C
Only a few neighbors are invited to the party.
D
Only Bilbo is concerned with the weather.

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