Throne of Glass Trivia
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60 free Throne of Glass trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
54 free Throne of Glass trivia questions with answers. This Throne of Glass quiz is for readers who followed Celaena Sardothien out of the salt mines of Endovier and all the way to the throne of Terrasen. Fifty-four questions cover the whole series, from The Assassin's Blade novellas through Kingdom of Ash: the King's Champion competition, Chaol and Dorian, Nehemia, Fleetfoot, Rowan and the cadre, Manon Blackbeak and her wyvern Abraxos, Lysandra, Elide and Lorcan, Maeve and Erawan, the three Wyrdkeys, and the geography of Erilea from Rifthold to Doranelle. It also covers the books as objects: the FictionPress draft called Queen of Glass that Maas started at sixteen, the Cinderella premise, the Bloomsbury deal, the prequel e-novellas, the tandem-read debate over Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn, the Hulu adaptation that never happened, and the crossover cameo that ties this world to A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City. The early questions are ones any fan will get; the late ones are for people who have reread the series more than once. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and the Throne of Glass Wiki, and each question carries its source. Major endgame twists are kept light.
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Q 01Who wrote the Throne of Glass series?
Sarah J. Maas
Sarah J. Maas wrote all eight Throne of Glass books, published from 2012 to 2018, and went on to A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City.
Q 02What is Celaena Sardothien's profession when the first book opens?
Assassin
Celaena is Adarlan's most notorious Assassin, eighteen years old and a year into her sentence when the Crown Prince arrives with his offer.
Q 03Where has Celaena been enslaved for a year before the series begins?
The salt mines of Endovier
Celaena was condemned to the salt mines of Endovier, a death camp in northern Adarlan, and survived a year there, far longer than most prisoners lasted.
Q 04What title is at stake in the competition Celaena enters in the first book?
King's Champion
The King's Champion title goes to the winner of the king's contest among killers, thieves and soldiers; for Celaena, victory promises freedom after years of service.
Q 05Which fairy tale did Maas cite as the seed of the first book?
Cinderella
Maas has said the idea came from Cinderella: hearing the dark music as the heroine flees the ball, she imagined a runaway who had come to the palace to kill the prince.
Q 06Under what title did the story first appear online on FictionPress?
Queen of Glass
Posted on FictionPress as Queen of Glass from 2002, it became one of the site's most popular stories before Maas took it down to pursue publication.
Q 07How old was Maas when she began writing what became Throne of Glass?
Sixteen
Maas was Sixteen when she started the story in 2002, a full decade before the finished novel was published in August 2012.
Q 08Which publisher bought Throne of Glass in 2010?
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury acquired Throne of Glass in 2010 and published it in 2012; the same house went on to publish Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City series.
Q 09Which book closed the Throne of Glass series in October 2018?
Kingdom of Ash
At 992 pages it is by far the longest entry, more than double the page count of the first book.
Q 10Which title collects the prequel novellas about Celaena and Sam Cortland?
The Assassin's Blade
The Assassin's Blade (2014) gathers five prequel novellas, four of which had been released as e-books between January and July 2012 to build buzz before the first novel.
Q 11Which two books overlap in time so closely that fans built 'tandem read' guides for them?
Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn
Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn run concurrently, so fan guides tell you which chapter of each to read next and the storylines unfold side by side.
Q 12Which streamer optioned the series for TV in 2016 under the working title Queen of Shadows?
Hulu
Hulu and the Mark Gordon Company picked up the series in 2016, planning a drama called Queen of Shadows, but nothing was made and the rights reverted to Maas.
Q 13Which Throne of Glass novel did Utah's school board remove from all public schools in 2024?
Empire of Storms
Q 21Rowan Whitethorn first appears in which book of the series?
Heir of Fire
Rowan Whitethorn enters in Heir of Fire as the Fae warrior Maeve assigns to train Aelin in Wendlyn, treating her with cold annoyance for months.
Q 22What animal does Rowan shift into?
A white-tailed hawk
Rowan's animal form is a white-tailed hawk, and in that shape he keeps watch over Aelin during her training in Wendlyn; his magic is wind and ice.
Q 23Manon Blackbeak's wyvern was originally used as what in the training pits?
A bait beast
Abraxos had been a bait beast, a scarred runt used to train other wyverns; Manon named him after the serpent who holds the world in his coils, and he loves wildflowers.
Empire of Storms was one of thirteen titles Utah ordered out of every public school in August 2024; five A Court of Thorns and Roses books joined it, six Maas titles in all.
Q 14What was the name of Aelin's mother?
Evalin Ashryver
Aelin's mother was Evalin Ashryver, a princess of Wendlyn who married Rhoe Galathynius; both were murdered when Aelin was eight.
Q 15Which two characters did Maas name as inspirations for Celaena's personality?
Éowyn and Velma Kelly
Maas said Velma's arrogance and fierceness made her want to write a woman who never apologized for loving herself.
Q 16Which novel's release put the series on the New York Times Best Seller list for the first time?
Crown of Midnight
Crown of Midnight, published in August 2013, a year after the debut, was the first book of the series to reach the New York Times Best Seller list.
Q 17Which website premiered the Throne of Glass book trailer in May 2012?
MTV.com
Publishers Weekly had already previewed the book that February, and CAA picked up the film option rights.
Q 18What is Celaena Sardothien's true name?
Aelin Ashryver Galathynius
Celaena's true name is Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, the lost princess of the northern kingdom; her parents were murdered when she was eight, and Arobynn Hamel pulled her from a river.
Q 19Aelin is the rightful queen of which realm?
Terrasen
Aelin is the rightful Queen of Terrasen, the northern kingdom Adarlan conquered when she was a child; its capital held the greatest library in Erilea.
Q 20What position does Chaol Westfall hold when Celaena first meets him?
Captain of the Guard
Chaol Westfall is Captain of the Guard to the King of Adarlan when he escorts Celaena out of the prison camp to Rifthold, ready to drag her back if she runs.
Q 24What is the name of Manon Blackbeak's personal coven?
The Thirteen
Manon leads the Thirteen, her personal coven of Blackbeak witches; her cousin Asterin served as its Second for a century, with Sorrel as Third.
Q 25Along with the Blackbeaks, which two clans make up the Ironteeth witches?
Bluebloods and Yellowlegs
All three clans share retractable iron teeth and nails and a clear eyelid for flying, and Maas drew on Baba Yaga for them.
Q 26Manon Blackbeak's sword has what name?
Wind-Cleaver
Manon's sword is Wind-Cleaver, the blade she wears across her back when flying Abraxos into battle.
Q 27Which princess of Eyllwe becomes Celaena's closest friend in the glass castle?
Nehemia Ytger
Nehemia Ytger, princess of Eyllwe, hid how well she spoke the common tongue so courtiers would talk freely around her, and she named Celaena 'Elentiya'.
Q 28Who gives Celaena the dog Fleetfoot?
Dorian Havilliard
Dorian Havilliard gives Celaena the puppy Fleetfoot as a Yulemas present, delivered along with a large bag of candy.
Q 29Sam Cortland was murdered on the orders of Arobynn Hamel by which Rifthold crime figure?
Rourke Farran
Rourke Farran, Ioan Jayne's second, tortured and killed Sam; Celaena's revenge raid on Jayne's house was the trap, arranged by Arobynn, that got her captured and condemned.
Q 30Arobynn Hamel is known by what title in Rifthold?
King of the Assassins
Arobynn Hamel is the King of the Assassins, master of the Assassins' Guild in Rifthold, who trained Celaena from the age of eight.