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Hobbit Questions, Chapter 10 - 11
Vocabulary:
alluding
circuitous
desolate
enmity
hinder
marauding
ominous
quays
solemnities
waylaid
Discussion:
1. What is Bilbo’s reaction to Long Lake? To Lake-Town and its inhabitants? What do their legends
reveal about them and how do these relate to Bilbo and the dwarves?
2. How long did they stay at Lake-Town and how were they treated by the Master and his men?
3. Why do you think the Master believed Thorin was a fraud? What changed his mind?
4. Why was the Master not sorry to see him go?
5. How did the party feel now that they were nearing the end of the journey? Could they see signs of the
dragon?
6. How did they find the secret door?
7. Bilbo and the dwarves have scaled Lonely Mountain, the secret door has been opened, and this is what
awaits them:
It seemed as if darkness flowed out like a vapour from the hole in the mountain-side, and deepdarkness in which nothing could be seen lay before their eyes, a yawning mouth leading in and
down.
a. What are they entering?
b. What is the symbolic significance of the hole?
c. What is the symbolic significance of the vaporous darkness?
d. How does this image relate to the hero’s journey?
e. Predict what will happen to them inside.
f. Do you think Thorin will gain his rightful, regal place as king of the mountain? Why or why not?