'Nonsense, Lindir,' snorted Bilbo. 'If you can't distinguish between Frodo
and me, your judgement is poorer than I imagined. We're as different as pears
and apples.'
Pears or apples? Apples or pears? After a bottle of Old Winyards at the great
Birthday Party of September 22, could you tell Bilbo from Frodo? In the
following quotes, identify the speaker. For extra credit, identify the book the
passage occurs in, and what the speaker is talking about.
1. “My dear Gandalf! Half a minute! Come in! Come in!”
2. “I feel magnificent, but I expect I look rather absurd.”
3. “What an abominable notion!”
4. “One trouble after another!”
5. “We must all keep together and not risk getting separated.”
6. “Be kind to a poor old hobbit!”
7. “Sometimes I have felt it was like an eye looking at me.”
8. “Let's get out of sight!”
9. “I suppose I shall be going home soon?”
10. “There's no hurry, we have all the day before us!”
Super Birthday Bonus: What characterizes the difference between Frodo’s and
Bilbo’s speech?
Closed book, of course. Bilbo wouldn’t do open book. Neither would Frodo!
However, the answers are hidden as spoilers below, if you absolutely must
know.
Everyone desires by swift agreement to seem wise themselves! Join us this week in the Reading Room to read posts that seem wise and reasonable, and others that seem harsh and uncouth by contrast: it's The Two Towers, Book III, Chapter 10: "The Voice of Erather" - sorry, no, "The Voice of Saruman".
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