Scythe Quizzes

Scythe Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Scythe?
Neal Shusterman

Neil Gaiman

Rick Riordan

Stephen King
2 In what year was Scythe published?
2004

2008

2011

2016
3 What is the male main character's name?
Rowan Damish

Ben Terranova

Michael Faraday

Tyger Salazar
4 What is the female main character's name?
Marie Curie

Rhonda Flowers

Citra Terranova

Julie Terranova
5 How old are the main characters at the start of the novel?
19

12

14

16
6 Where do the protagonists live?
Britannia

Fulcrum City

Chilargentine

MidMerica
7 Whose gleaning journal excerpt opens the novel?
H.S. Prometheus

H.S. Anastasia

H.S. Faraday

H.S. Curie
8 What is the word for the type of killing that scythes do?
Culling

Gleaning

Trimming

Saving
9 In what tense is most of Scythe written?
Third-person past tense

First-person present tense

First-person past tense

Third-person present tense
10 Which scythe comes to Citra's apartment at the beginning of the novel?
Scythe Archimedes

Scythe Curie

Scythe Xenocrates

Scythe Faraday
11 Which scythe comes to Rowan's school at the beginning of the novel?
Scythe Archimedes

Scythe Curie

Scythe Faraday

Scythe Xenocrates
12 Why is Tyger in the hospital?
He bubbled (drowned himself)

He has the flu

He blasted (shot himself)

He splatted (fell from a high place)
13 Why do Rowan and Tyger call themselves lettuce-kids?
They frequently dye their hair green

It evolved from "let us," since they are always volunteering at school

They're from large families and get little attention, like lettuce in a sandwich

They are vegetarians, which is rare nowadays
14 Who is gleaned at Rowan's school?
Arden Johnson

Marva Patlik

Kohl Whitlock

Ben Terranova
15 What does Rowan do during the gleaning at his school?
Yell at the scythe for being evil

Try to kill the scythe to protect his classmates

Hold the hand of his fellow student during the gleaning

Watch the gleaning from a secret hole in the wall
16 How is Rowan treated after the gleaning at his school?
As an idiot

As a dangerous killer

As an outcast

As a hero
17 Why does Scythe Faraday choose Rowan and Citra as apprentices?
He doesn't; they are assigned to him

Their physical strength, which is much greater than the average post-mortal high schooler

Their sad home lives make it easier to leave the ordinary world behind

Their moral and ethical fiber, plus their resistance to becoming scythes
18 What year is it at the start of the novel?
Year of the Ocelot

2112

Year of the Chameleon

2042
19 Who is in charge of governing the world?
It's a direct democracy - every single person votes on every single thing

The President of the World

The Scythedom

The Thunderhead
20 Who runs the Scythedom?
No one

The World Conclave

The Thunderhead

It's a direct democracy - every single scythe votes on every single thing
21 Where do Citra and Rowan meet?
A performance of Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino

A Cirque du Soleil performance

Scythe Faraday's house

The Fulcrum City zoo
22 Who called them there?
High Blade Xenocrates

Principal Dooley

The Thunderhead

Scythe Faraday
23 Where does he take them next?
A forbidden mountaintop

An art museum

Scythedom headquarters

His house
24 Citra realizes that her parents want her to take the apprenticeship. Why?
So Ben will have immunity from gleaning

Because they think scythedom is the highest calling

So the family will become wealthy

Because they want Citra to move out and stop arguing with them all the time
25 What martial art do scythes learn?
Black Widow Bokator

Red Tiger Style

Kung Fu

It depends on the scythe

where in scythe was there signs of text to text between pages 125 - 170

I'm not sure what you are meaning by "text to text".

Asked by Thomas m #1339332

Answered by Aslan on 3/15/2024 3:33 AM

What scythe commandment do Citra and Rowan break and how does this complicate the story?

Citra is winning at losing so Rowan snaps Citra's neck and they're both disqualified and neither wins and both get to live a bit longer!

Asked by Christian F #1336914

Answered by Aslan on 2/21/2024 4:21 AM

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what did Citra have to do every 60 minutes as she traveled by publicars?

In Chapter 32, Citra disguised herself as a Tonist and changed her means of transportation every hour in order to avoid detection in the Thunderhead’s backbrain, which scythes could track.

Asked by tristan w #1209399

Answered by Aslan on 1/28/2022 3:12 AM

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