The Hobbit, Chapter 14 Study Guide question
Responses
'Let 'King Bard' go back to his own kingdom--Dale is now freed by his valour, and nothing
hinders his return. And any that wish can go with him. - ANS-Upon Bard's return, what does the
Master tell his people they may do?
" All the men of arms who were still able, and the most of the Elvenking's array, got ready to
march north to the Mountain." - ANS-At the Chapter's end, who advances toward the mountain
of treasure?
"Full on the town (Smaug) fell. His last throes splintered in to sparks and gledes. The lake
roared in. A vast steam leaped up, white in the sudden dark under the moon. There was a hiss,
a gushing whirl, and then silence. And that was the end of Smaug and Esgaroth." - ANS-How is
Esgaroth destroyed?
"Look!" said one "The lights again! last night the watchmen saw them start and fade from
midnight until dawn. "Something is happening up there" - ANS-What do the men of the
lake-town Esgaroth observe?
"Shelters could be contrived for few (the Master had one) and there was little food(even the
master went short). Many took ill of wet and cold and sorrow that night, and afterwards died,
who had escaped uninjured from the ruin of the town; and in the days that followed there was
much sickness and great hunger." - ANS-Describe what life is like for the survivors of Esgaroth?
"Why waste words and wrath on those unhappy creatures? Doubtless they perished first in fire,
before Smaug came to us." This is in reference to Thorin and the adventurers." - ANS-What is
foolish according to Bard?
An inhabitant of Lake Town, a "grim voiced man, who ran to and fro cheering on the archers and
urging the Master to order them to fight to the last arrow." - ANS-Who is Bard?
Beorn, the goblins, and many others. - ANS-Who else heard the news of Smaug's death?
He is known as a master bowman - ANS-As part of the race of Dale, what special talent did
Bard have?
He reminds the people that he is not responsible for Smaug's destruction and they need to
refocus attention on how to be compensated for the damage. They turned their rage to Thorin
and the adventurers. - ANS-How does the master deflect his people's anger away from him?
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