Sauron
1. What caused the War of the Elves and Sauron?
AnswerCelebrimbor discovered Sauron's treachery in the forging of the Rings.
2. What was the name of Sauron’s fortress and where was it?
AnswerBarad-dûr, at the southern end of the Ered Lithui.
3. Of what people was Sauron?
AnswerSauron was of the Maiar, the lesser Valar.
4. In the downfall of Númenor, what happened to Sauron?
Answer His mortal body was destroyed although his spirit lived on.
5. How did Sauron bend Saruman’s will to his own?
AnswerSaruman used the Palantír of Orthanc and was ensnared by Sauron, who had the Palantír of Minas Ithil.
6. After the first thousand years of the Third Age Sauron hid his true identity and worked his evil under what name?
AnswerThe Necromancer, of Dol Guldur.
7. In the First Age, Sauron captured Beren, son of Barahir, and cast him into the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth. Who was it that baffled Sauron to rescue him?
AnswerHuan, the wolfhound; and Lúthien, daughter of Thingol Greycloak and the Maia Melian.
8. In Second Age 3262, Ar-Pharazôn, King of Númenor, brought his armies against those of Sauron and commanded Sauron to swear allegiance to him. What did Sauron do?
AnswerSauron humbled himself before Ar-Pharazôn and allowed himself to be taken back to Númenor as a hostage.
9. Sauron used his cunning to convince the people of Númenor that the Valar were withholding something from them. What?
AnswerImmortality.
10. Who was Sauron’s master in the First Age?
AnswerMelkor, or Morgoth.