4. Why was the victory of the Last Alliance on the Slopes of Orodruin bittersweet? (237) 5. How did Gollum escape from the Elves of Northern Mirkwood? (249) 6. Where was Gandalf imprisoned, and how did he escape? (254) Vocabulary chattels (216) habergeon (227) carcanet (228) bane (237) brands (218) chalcedony (227) errantry (229) necromancer (244) panoply (227) adamant (227) baldric (234) tryst (258) BOOK TWO: CHAPTER III, THE RING GOES SOUTH—CHAPTER IV, A JOURNEY IN THE DARK Comprehension Questions 1. Why does Gandalf say he will accompany Frodo? (266) 2. Who reforges the Sword of Elendil, and what new name does it receive? (269) 3. Why can't the Company cross the Misty Mountains through the Gap of Rohan? (288) 4. Who opens the West-door, and how does he do it? (300) 5. Why does Gandalf reject the middle and left-hand passages and choose the right-hand passage? (306) 6. Whose tomb does the Company come upon in the large square chamber on the east side of Moria? (312) Vocabulary mementoes (270) faggot (280) sinuous (300) gnarled (306) sylvan (276) furlong (2281) fissures (303) draught (306) delved (276) routed (291) chasms (303) corslet (309) BOOK TWO: CHAPTER V, THE BRIDGE OF KHAZAD-DÛM—CHAPTER VII, THE MIRROR OF GALADRIEL
4. Why was the victory of the Last Alliance on the Slopes of Orodruin bittersweet? (237) 5. How did Gollum escape from the Elves of Northern Mirkwood? (249) 6. Where was Gandalf imprisoned, and how did he escape? (254) Vocabulary chattels (216) brands (218) panoply (227) habergeon (227) chalcedony (227) adamant (227) carcanet (228) errantry (229) baldric (234) bane (237) necromancer (244) tryst (258) BOOK TWO: CHAPTER III, THE RING GOES SOUTH—CHAPTER IV, A JOURNEY IN THE DARK Comprehension Questions 1. Why does Gandalf say he will accompany Frodo? (266) 2. Who reforges the Sword of Elendil, and what new name does it receive? (269) 3. Why can't the Company cross the Misty Mountains through the Gap of Rohan? (288) 4. Who opens the West-door, and how does he do it? (300) 5. Why does Gandalf reject the middle and left-hand passages and choose the right-hand passage? (306) 6. Whose tomb does the Company come upon in the large square chamber on the east side of Moria? (312) Vocabulary mementoes (270) sylvan (276) delved (276) faggot (280) furlong (2281) routed (291) sinuous (300) fissures (303) chasms (303) gnarled (306) draught (306) corslet (309) BOOK TWO: CHAPTER V, THE BRIDGE OF KHAZAD-DÛM—CHAPTER VII, THE MIRROR OF GALADRIEL