Scythe Quizzes

Scythe Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Scythe?
Rick Riordan

Neil Gaiman

Stephen King

Neal Shusterman
2 In what year was Scythe published?
2016

2011

2004

2008
3 What is the male main character's name?
Rowan Damish

Ben Terranova

Tyger Salazar

Michael Faraday
4 What is the female main character's name?
Marie Curie

Julie Terranova

Citra Terranova

Rhonda Flowers
5 How old are the main characters at the start of the novel?
16

12

19

14
6 Where do the protagonists live?
Chilargentine

MidMerica

Britannia

Fulcrum City
7 Whose gleaning journal excerpt opens the novel?
H.S. Faraday

H.S. Anastasia

H.S. Prometheus

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

Gleaning

Trimming

Culling
9 In what tense is most of Scythe written?
First-person present tense

First-person past tense

Third-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 Curie

Scythe Faraday

Scythe Archimedes

Scythe Xenocrates
12 Why is Tyger in the hospital?
He blasted (shot himself)

He bubbled (drowned himself)

He has the flu

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

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

They are vegetarians, which is rare nowadays

It evolved from "let us," since they are always volunteering at school
14 Who is gleaned at Rowan's school?
Kohl Whitlock

Ben Terranova

Marva Patlik

Arden Johnson
15 What does Rowan do during the gleaning at his school?
Try to kill the scythe to protect his classmates

Hold the hand of his fellow student during the gleaning

Yell at the scythe for being evil

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

As a hero

As an idiot

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

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

Their moral and ethical fiber, plus their resistance to becoming scythes

Their physical strength, which is much greater than the average post-mortal high schooler
18 What year is it at the start of the novel?
2112

Year of the Ocelot

Year of the Chameleon

2042
19 Who is in charge of governing the world?
The Scythedom

The Thunderhead

The President of the World

It's a direct democracy - every single person votes on every single thing
20 Who runs the Scythedom?
No one

The Thunderhead

The World Conclave

It's a direct democracy - every single scythe votes on every single thing
21 Where do Citra and Rowan meet?
Scythe Faraday's house

A performance of Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino

The Fulcrum City zoo

A Cirque du Soleil performance
22 Who called them there?
Principal Dooley

The Thunderhead

Scythe Faraday

High Blade Xenocrates
23 Where does he take them next?
Scythedom headquarters

An art museum

His house

A forbidden mountaintop
24 Citra realizes that her parents want her to take the apprenticeship. Why?
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

So Ben will have immunity from gleaning
25 What martial art do scythes learn?
It depends on the scythe

Kung Fu

Red Tiger Style

Black Widow Bokator

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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