Question

Part A

What inference can be drawn about Bilbo's character based on Chapter 5 of The Hobbit?
A. He wants to return home to the safety of the shire.
B. He is confused about the goals of the expedition.
C. He is unable to act in a crisis.
D. He is a problem solver.

Part B
Which excerpts from Chapter 5 best support the answer in Part A?
Select the two correct answers.
It was rather splendid to be wearing a blade made in Gondolin for the goblin-wars of which so many songs had sung; and also he had noticed that such weapons made a great impression on goblins that came upon them suddenly. 'Go back?' he thought. 'No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!' So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.
'I am Mr. Bilbo Baggins. I have lost the dwarves and I have lost the wizard, and I don't know where I am; and I don't want to know, if only I can get away.'
'What's he got in his handses?' said Gollum, looking at the sword, which he did not quite like.
Suddenly without any warning he trotted splash into water! Ugh! it was icy cold. That pulled him up sharp and short. He did not know whether it was just a pool in the path, or the edge of an underground stream that crossed the passage, or the brink of a deep dark subterranean lake. The sword was hardly shining at all. He stopped, and he could hear, when he listened hard, drops drip-drip-dripping from an unseen roof into the water below; but there seemed no other sort of sound.
'Half a moment!' cried Bilbo, who was still thinking uncomfortably about eating. Fortunately he had once heard something rather like this before, and getting his wits back he thought of the answer. 'Wind, wind of course,' he said, and he was so pleased that he made up one on the spot. 'This’ll puzzle the nasty little underground creature,' he thought: An eye in a blue face Saw an eye in a green face. 'That eye is like to this eye' Said the first eye, 'But in low place Not in high place.'

Answer 1

Bilbo Baggins from Chapter 5 of 'The Hobbit' is best characterized as a problem solver, which is evidenced by his determination to move forward despite dangers and his quick thinking to solve a puzzle.

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on Chapter 5 of The Hobbit, the inference that can be drawn about Bilbo's character is D. He is a problem solver. When Bilbo is facing adversity, he does not give up but looks for ways to move forward, indicative of his problem-solving nature.

The excerpts from Chapter 5 that best support this inference are:

• ‘Go back?’ he thought. ‘No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!’ So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.
• ‘Half a moment!’ cried Bilbo, who was still thinking uncomfortably about eating. Fortunately he had once heard something rather like this before, and getting his wits back he thought of the answer. ‘Wind, wind of course,’ he said, and he was so pleased that he made up one on the spot. This’ll puzzle the nasty little underground creature,’ he thought.