The Hobbit Chapter 9 Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of the word "surly"?

• distant, hidden away

• quick and skillful in movement

• angry and bad-tempered; rude

• disheartened; dejected; sad

Which word means "distant, hidden away"?

• remote

• nimble

• tiresome

• plight

What does "nimble" mean?

• tiring; boring; annoying

• quick and skillful in movement, agile; clever

• a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation

• sliding iron door hung over castle entrance

Which word describes something that is "tiring; boring; annoying"?

• surly

• remote

• tiresome

• flutter

What is the definition of "plight"?

• a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation

• sliding iron door hung over castle entrance

• disheartened; dejected; sad

• a mild expression of anger or annoyance

What does "portcullis" refer to?

• a rapid but regular contractions of the atria of the heart

• sliding iron door hung over castle entrance

• current of air through a room or to a fire

• mixed up; confused

Which word means "disheartened; dejected; sad"?

• muddled

• draught

• downcast

• blundering

What is the meaning of "drat"?

• a mild expression of anger or annoyance

• clumsy

• mixed up; confused

• with a leg on each side of; straddling

Which word means "clumsy"?

• draught

• muddled

• blundering

• astride

What does "draught" refer to?

• a rapid but regular contractions of the atria of the heart

• current of air through a room or to a fire; act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time

• mixed up; confused

• with a leg on each side of; straddling