Middle-earth Quiz Book

1. What are Ents? Answer

Tree-herders, the most ancient people on Middle-earth.

2. Why are there so few Ents left? Answer

The Entwives were lost so there were no more Entings; also many Ents were becoming treeish.

3. What is Entmoot and where is it? Answer

A gathering of Ents, a council; at Derndingle.

4. Which creature did the Enemy create as a mockery to Ents? Answer

Trolls.

5. How did Ents sleep and what did they eat? Answer

Ents slept standing up; they were nourished by Ent-draughts.

6. Arrows and poison could not harm Ents but they could be wounded seriously. By what? Answer

A very heavy axe-stroke; also by fire.

7. How do Ents destroy rock? Answer

They compress the work of a tree-root in a hundred years into a few moments and crumble rock.

8. Which Ent caught fire at Isengard and burned like a torch? Answer

Beechbone.

9. What did Treebeard call Isengard after it had been landscaped? Answer

Treegarth of Orthanc.

10. Treebeard wanted Merry and Pippin to send him news if they heard something. What? Answer

News of the Entwives.