Q 01/05

In Magyk, by what Young Army name is Septimus Heap known before his true identity is revealed?

A) Boy 409

B) Boy 412

C) Boy 101

D) Boy 214

Answer · why

B) Boy 412

Boy 412 is all he is called for the first ten years of his life, after a mix-up in the Young Army nursery. A scrying pond at Aunt Zelda's cottage fina...

Q 02/05

Septimus Heap's exceptional Magykal power comes from being born as what, like Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker?

A) Firstborn son of a queen

B) Only son of two wizards

C) Seventh son of a seventh son

D) Youngest son of a necromancer

Answer · why

C) Seventh son of a seventh son

Seventh son of a seventh son describes him exactly: his father is the seventh son of Benjamin Heap, and he is the youngest of seven brothers. Even the...

Q 03/05

The New York Post recommended Magyk, the first Septimus Heap book, to fans of which other fantasy series?

A) Harry Potter

B) Percy Jackson

C) Artemis Fowl

D) Inkheart

Answer · why

A) Harry Potter

Harry Potter comparisons stuck, and not only for the wizards: Jenna, like Ginny Weasley, is the only girl in a large family of brothers that includes ...

Q 04/05

What golden vessel, hidden in a cavern beneath Aunt Zelda's cottage in Magyk, can both sail and fly?

A) Phoenix Barge

B) Griffin Galley

C) Serpent Ship

D) Dragon Boat

Answer · why

D) Dragon Boat

Dragon Boat is half ship and half living creature. She wakes when the children climb aboard, and Jenna finds she can speak with her, as the Queens of ...

Q 05/05

The last Septimus Heap novel ends with an adapted line about technology from which science fiction author?

A) Isaac Asimov

B) Ursula K. Le Guin

C) Ray Bradbury

D) Arthur C. Clarke

Answer · why

D) Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke's famous third law ends the series, with its final word respelled in the books' own style. It is a wink that this wizarding world may...