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Lirael in the Old Kingdom Trivia Quiz

This quiz is based on the second book by Garth Nix, "Lirael". Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by yreal-mogget. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
yreal-mogget

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
197,955

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
493

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Where does Lirael live in the beginning of the book? Hint

Abhorsen's house

Belisaere

Ancelstierre

The glacier

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where does Lirael get a job after being found in the paperwing hangar by Sanar and Ryelle? Hint

The kitchens

The rangers

On the paperwing flight

The library

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the creature Lirael let loose in the chapter beyond "The Doors of the Sun and the Moon?" Hint

Stilken

Shadow hand

Thralk

Dead hand

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of the sword Lirael used to defeat the stilken? Hint

Kirrith

Nehima

Binder

Arielle

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Question 5 of 10

5. What year is it in "Part Two" of the book? Hint

1924

1932

1920

1928

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of Sameth's normal bus driver? Hint

Bob

Nick

Mr Cochrane

Fred

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did Lirael find beyond "The Doors of Wood and Stone?" Hint

Panpipes, a dark mirror and a dog statuette

A book, a dark mirror and bells

A book, a dark mirror and panpipes

A book, a dog statuette and panpipes

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who told Lirael the poem about the river Ratterlin? Hint

Mogget

Kirrith

The disreputable dog

Arielle

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Question 9 of 10

9. According to the rhyme, if you can't find water when running from the dead, what is the next best thing? Hint

A sword

A stake

Abhorsen's bells

Fire

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Question 10 of 10

10. At the end of the book Sameth and Lirael met one of the greater dead. Who was it? Hint

Hedge

Chlorr of the mask

Kerrigor

Orannis

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where does Lirael live in the beginning of the book?

Answer: The glacier

Lirael was born in the glacier. Her mother left her at a young age. Her only relative is her aunt Kirrith.

2. Where does Lirael get a job after being found in the paperwing hangar by Sanar and Ryelle?

Answer: The library

When Lirael was found in the paperwing hangar she was offered a job even though she was not old enough.

3. What is the name of the creature Lirael let loose in the chapter beyond "The Doors of the Sun and the Moon?"

Answer: Stilken

When Lirael released the stilken she found the statuette of the dog, which she later turned into the disreputable dog.

4. What is the name of the sword Lirael used to defeat the stilken?

Answer: Binder

"Binder I would borrow you for tonight, for I need your help to bind a stilken."

5. What year is it in "Part Two" of the book?

Answer: 1928

"Part two ancelstierre; 1928aw
the old kingdom
eighteenth year of the restoration of King Touchstone 1st."

6. What is the name of Sameth's normal bus driver?

Answer: Fred

Fred did not take Sameth's cricket team to the match, they had a replacement who abandoned them to be killed.

7. What did Lirael find beyond "The Doors of Wood and Stone?"

Answer: A book, a dark mirror and panpipes

The book of rememberance and forgetting tells her about the objects. The dark mirror lets Lirael see into the past. The panpipes are like the bells but not as strong.

8. Who told Lirael the poem about the river Ratterlin?

Answer: The disreputable dog

"River Ratterlin:
Swift river born in deepest night,
Rushing forth to catch the light.
Deep ice and dark its swaddling cloth,
The kingdom's foes will feel is wroth.
Till mighty Ratterlin spends its strength,
In the delta at full length."

9. According to the rhyme, if you can't find water when running from the dead, what is the next best thing?

Answer: Fire

The old rhyme:
"When the dead do walk, seek water's run,
For this the dead will always shun.
Swift river's best or broadest lake
To ward the dead and heaven make.
If water fails thee, fires thy friend;
If neither guards, it will be thy end."

10. At the end of the book Sameth and Lirael met one of the greater dead. Who was it?

Answer: Chlorr of the mask

Chlorr was no longer a necromancer. She was one of the greater dead. Sabriel had finished her as a living being, but someone had brought her back.

Source: Author yreal-mogget

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