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The Outstretched Shadow Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about Mercedes Lackey's book "The Outstretched Shadow," book one in the series "The Obsidian Trilogy."

A multiple-choice quiz by morrigan. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
morrigan

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
192,190

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
352

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Our star, Kellen, isn't an ordinary student because of his father. What makes his father so important? Hint

He's the right hand of the King

He's Lord of all the Mages in the City

He isn't. It's a trick question.

He's heir to the throne.

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Question 2 of 15

2. Kellen finds three books at a small vendor in the City. What's the name of the first book he finds? Hint

The Book of the Stars

The Book of the Sun

The Book of the Moon

The Book of the Dawn

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Question 3 of 15

3. Women are not allowed to become Mages in the City.

True

False

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Question 4 of 15

4. Perulan committed suicide.

True

False

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Question 5 of 15

5. The Queen of the Demons, Queen Savilla has colored skin. What color is it? Hint

Scarlet

Emerald

Sapphire

Black

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Question 6 of 15

6. In Lycaelon's library, there's a book that talks about how dangerous and terrible Wild Magic is. What's the name of the book? Hint

Drakon Perfidorum

Ars Perfidorum

The Book of Shadows

Ars Schaidon

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Question 7 of 15

7. When Kellen used Wild Magic to help him get out of City lands, what kind of animal came to his aid?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 15

8. Kellen has a sister named Idalia. His father erased all memory of her from Kellen's memory.

True

False

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Question 9 of 15

9. Kellen used the Wild Magic to escape Armethalieh when the Outlaw Hunt came after him. What was the price for him? Hint

To help the Elves of Sentarshadeen

We never find out the price

To bring down the Endarkened

To be chaste and celibate

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Question 10 of 15

10. We meet several interesting characters after Kellen is banished. What type of animal is the character that demands Idalia heal him after he unsuccessfully tried to raid a honeybee nest? Hint

Centaur

Human

Elf

Fairy

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Question 11 of 15

11. What is Kellen's color after the Elven dress-maker is done with him? Hint

Blue

Green

Black

Red

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Question 12 of 15

12. Kellen isn't just a Wildmage. What is he?

Answer: (Two words, separated by a hyphen. No spaces.)

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Question 13 of 15

13. Idalia has an Elven love, who she won't be with. Who is he? Hint

Vestakia

Jermayan

Sandalon

Ashaniel

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Question 14 of 15

14. Nearly at the end of this tale, we meet another character. With her father's looks and her mother's spirit, who is she?

Answer: (Her aunt and mother raised her.)

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Question 15 of 15

15. What was the Barrier stopping from reaching the Elven lands? Hint

Magic

Rain

Clouds

Other Elves

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Our star, Kellen, isn't an ordinary student because of his father. What makes his father so important?

Answer: He's Lord of all the Mages in the City

Kellen's father is the Arch-Mage Lycaelon, who's also the Head of the High Council, and Lord of all the Mages in the City. Kellen, however, doesn't really care for all that magic.

2. Kellen finds three books at a small vendor in the City. What's the name of the first book he finds?

Answer: The Book of the Sun

The books look like journals, at first. They also disguise themselves as mere hearthside tales. Kellen's father finds them using a disillusionment spell, and then confronts Kellen with all the other Mages of the city.

3. Women are not allowed to become Mages in the City.

Answer: True

This is for several reasons, including that they are too flighty to learn anything of value. We learn this when Lycaelon, Kellen's father, has to remove all portions of the Mage-gift from a daughter of a wealthy merchant. Later, Kellen wonders if this is why women go for Wildmagic.

4. Perulan committed suicide.

Answer: False

The writer Perulan didn't kill himself, a water golem did. It was sent by the Mages to dispose of a troublemaker who would disrupt the way of life for the City. Lycaelon couldn't believe that Perulan didn't get back to his life after Perulan's life work was destroyed because the Mages thought that it was too close to the truth.

5. The Queen of the Demons, Queen Savilla has colored skin. What color is it?

Answer: Scarlet

Her skin is scarlet, and she has horns and wings. Her son, Prince Zyperis, also has the scarlet skin that marks him as a demon.

6. In Lycaelon's library, there's a book that talks about how dangerous and terrible Wild Magic is. What's the name of the book?

Answer: Ars Perfidorum

The "Ars Perfidorum" wasn't meant to be read by anyone other than the Arch-Mage himself, although both his daughter and son read it.

7. When Kellen used Wild Magic to help him get out of City lands, what kind of animal came to his aid?

Answer: Unicorn

A white unicorn named Shalkan came to his aid. Unicorns are more feline than equine, with an almost crystal-like spiral horn in the middle of their forhead. They're magic themselves, being able to run faster and farther than any horse, and purify any contaminated source of water.

8. Kellen has a sister named Idalia. His father erased all memory of her from Kellen's memory.

Answer: True

Kellen can't remember anything of his sister when he was a kid. She was banished when she was 16 and he was six, and the farthest he remembers back is from when he was five and the last of his governesses left.

9. Kellen used the Wild Magic to escape Armethalieh when the Outlaw Hunt came after him. What was the price for him?

Answer: To be chaste and celibate

Unfortunately for him, the price is for him to be chaste and celibate for a year. If he doesn't fulfill this, Shalkan will kill him.

10. We meet several interesting characters after Kellen is banished. What type of animal is the character that demands Idalia heal him after he unsuccessfully tried to raid a honeybee nest?

Answer: Centaur

It's the bully of the centaurs, who also demands that Idalia heal him at no cost to himself. She refuses, and he eventually gives in.

11. What is Kellen's color after the Elven dress-maker is done with him?

Answer: Green

She dresses him in several colors, but decides that his color will be green. We finally see him with Shalkan, both dressed in armor and green barding.

12. Kellen isn't just a Wildmage. What is he?

Answer: Knight-Mage

He is Kellen Knight-Mage. The Knight-Mages only come about when there is need for them, and the last time was during the last war with the Endarkened.

13. Idalia has an Elven love, who she won't be with. Who is he?

Answer: Jermayan

Since Elves tend to live several centuries, she found it cruel and wouldn't condemn him to that fate. However, her price for breaking the Barrier was to be with him. It was a price she gladly paid.

14. Nearly at the end of this tale, we meet another character. With her father's looks and her mother's spirit, who is she?

Answer: Vestakia

She looks like her father, the Prince of the Endarkened, with scarlet skin and golden horns, but she's completely human in spirit.

15. What was the Barrier stopping from reaching the Elven lands?

Answer: Rain

Sentarshadeen was in a horrible drought. The Elves watered trees, grass, everything because the Barrier set by the Endarkened wouldn't let the much needed rain through. Instead of going herself, Idalia knew that she had to be at Sentarshadeen to stop the rains from unleashing a torrential downpour that could destroy so much.

She sent Kellen, who went along with Shalkan and Jermayan to destroy the Barrier with the key-stone.

Source: Author morrigan

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