Q 01/05

Who wrote the Throne of Glass series?

A) Sarah J. Maas

B) Leigh Bardugo

C) Cassandra Clare

D) Rebecca Yarros

Answer · why

A) Sarah J. Maas

She began the story at sixteen and by 2024 had sold more than 75 million books across Throne of Glass, ACOTAR, and Crescent City.

Q 02/05

What is Celaena Sardothien's profession when the first book opens?

A) Court healer

B) Assassin

C) Pirate captain

D) Palace guard

Answer · why

B) Assassin

She is eighteen and has already spent a year in the salt mines when Prince Dorian arrives with his offer.

Q 03/05

Where has Celaena been enslaved for a year before the series begins?

A) The quarries of Calaculla

B) The salt mines of Endovier

C) The dungeons of Morath

D) The docks of Skull's Bay

Answer · why

B) The salt mines of Endovier

The camp sits on Adarlan's border with Terrasen, and the average slave there survives about a month.

Q 04/05

What title is at stake in the competition Celaena enters in the first book?

A) Wing Leader

B) Hand of the King

C) King's Champion

D) Lord of Perranth

Answer · why

C) King's Champion

Winning would mean serving the king for six years, after which she would finally be free.

Q 05/05

Which fairy tale did Maas cite as the seed of the first book?

A) Cinderella

B) Snow White

C) Rapunzel

D) Sleeping Beauty

Answer · why

A) Cinderella

Watching the heroine flee the ball, Maas thought the music was far too dark, and reimagined the runaway as an assassin who had come to kill the prince...