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Quiz about The Amber Series by Roger Zelazny

"The Amber Series" by Roger Zelazny Quiz

This quiz is about the characters, places, and events in the 10 books of "The Chronicles of Amber" by Roger Zelazny. Think you know the whole series? Find out!

A multiple-choice quiz by aircorwin. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
aircorwin

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
347,347

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the first book of the series, "Nine Princes in Amber", Corwin wakes up with amnesia from a coma brought about by what event? Hint

a car accident

falling from a cliff

having scarlet fever during the 16th century

a sword duel with his brother Eric

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "Guns of Avalon", why is the shadow world Avalon important to Corwin's plans of taking back Amber from his brother Eric's rule? Hint

his mystical sword Grayswandir is hidden in Avalon

Avalon's blacksmiths make excellent guns

his brother Eric is powerless in Avalon

jeweler's rouge in Avalon will fire as gunpowder in Amber

3. He is considered the most formidable swordsman and master tactician in the Amber universe despite having only one arm. Who is this eldest surviving son of Oberon, who led the armies of Amber on its attack on Chaos in the book "The Courts of Chaos"? Hint

Gerard

Benedict

Eric

Random

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Question 4 of 10

4. Amber, the one true world, has two reflections, both possessing Patterns which are similar to that of Amber. One is Rebma, the city under the sea. What is the other one, the Amber-in-the-sky that Corwin went up to in "Sign of the Unicorn"? Hint

Nibiru

Themiscyra

Agartha

Tir-na Nog'th

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Question 5 of 10

5. At the start of the fourth book, "The Hand of Oberon", Corwin was transported to the site of the Primal Pattern and saw that it had been damaged. How was it damaged? Hint

Earthquake damaged the floor where the Pattern was drawn

Agents from Chaos destroyed parts of it

Someone poured acid on the Pattern

Blood of an Amberite was spilled on it

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Question 6 of 10

6. The first book was titled "Nine Princes in Amber", but who are the Four Princesses of Amber? Hint

Deirdre, Flora, Faiella, Vialle

Coral, Fiona, Flora, and Vinta

Deirdre, Fiona, Flora, and Llewella

Coral, Dara, Fiona, Faiella

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Question 7 of 10

7. Merlin, Corwin's son, has preferred to live in the Shadow Earth and is working on a degree from Berkeley at the start of "Trumps of Doom." What degree has he taken up? Hint

Business Administration

Civil Engineering

Computer Science

Criminology

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Question 8 of 10

8. Roger Zelazny made a cameo appearance in one of the Amber books, in the guise of a pipe-smoking dungeon guard that Corwin encountered on his way to his former prison cell in Castle Amber. In which book did this take place? Hint

Nine Princes in Amber

The Hand of Oberon

Sign of the Unicorn

Blood of Amber

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Question 9 of 10

9. At the start of the book "Trumps of Doom," Merlin recalls being constantly hounded by a yearly attempt on his life every 30th of April. Who is responsible for these attacks? Hint

his half-brother Jurt

his girlfriend Julia

his friend Luke

his uncle Brand

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "Hand of Oberon", Corwin and Random found out that Random's estranged son was used by Brand to cause the damage to the primal Pattern. Who was this son? Hint

Martin

Oberon

Mandor

Jurt

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the first book of the series, "Nine Princes in Amber", Corwin wakes up with amnesia from a coma brought about by what event?

Answer: a car accident

Corwin has been recovering from a car accident, and is being kept unconscious through medication by the hospital staff by orders of his sister Flora, who is under the command of Eric, regent of Amber.

2. In "Guns of Avalon", why is the shadow world Avalon important to Corwin's plans of taking back Amber from his brother Eric's rule?

Answer: jeweler's rouge in Avalon will fire as gunpowder in Amber

Corwin planned on creating an army armed with guns from the Shadow Earth, firing bullets made with gunpowder from Avalon, since gunpowder from other worlds are inert in Amber.

Answer: Benedict

Benedict lost his right arm after a fight with his lover, the hellmaid Lintra of Chaos. For a short period, he used a mechanical arm which Corwin acquired during his visit to Tir-na Nog'th.

Answer: Tir-na Nog'th

The name for the city in the sky in the Amber series is from the mythological afterworld in Irish mythology, Tir-na nog. Agartha is the name for the legendary city at the core of the earth, Nibiru is a mythological planet described by the Babylonians, and Themiscyra, the popular home of Wonder Woman, is originally found in Greek mythology.

5. At the start of the fourth book, "The Hand of Oberon", Corwin was transported to the site of the Primal Pattern and saw that it had been damaged. How was it damaged?

Answer: Blood of an Amberite was spilled on it

Corwin saw dark stains that damaged the Pattern, and then later learned from Dworkin that blood of an Amberite, later revealed to be Brand, had caused the damage.

6. The first book was titled "Nine Princes in Amber", but who are the Four Princesses of Amber?

Answer: Deirdre, Fiona, Flora, and Llewella

Coral, although Oberon's daughter, did not live in Amber and was not publicly known as an Amberite. Dara is Benedict's daughter. Faiella is Corwin, Eric, and Deirdre's mother. Vialle is Random's wife, and Vinta is Caine's mistress.

7. Merlin, Corwin's son, has preferred to live in the Shadow Earth and is working on a degree from Berkeley at the start of "Trumps of Doom." What degree has he taken up?

Answer: Computer Science

Merling was using a combination of what he knows of Computer Science and magic to create the program Ghostwheel, a sentient software capable of traveling through Shadows.

Answer: The Hand of Oberon

In "The Hand of Oberon", Corwin was already ruling Amber and was visiting his former cell when he met the author of the book in a singular occasion of self-insertion. Roger, one of the dungeon guards, said he was writing a "philosophical romance shot through with elements of horror and morbidity."

9. At the start of the book "Trumps of Doom," Merlin recalls being constantly hounded by a yearly attempt on his life every 30th of April. Who is responsible for these attacks?

Answer: his friend Luke

Merlin later found out that Luke Reynard was in fact Rinaldo, son of his uncle Brand. Luke wanted to have revenge over the killing of Brand, and attempted to kill Merlin every April 30, the anniversary of Luke's discovery of the death of his father at the Patternfall War.

10. In "Hand of Oberon", Corwin and Random found out that Random's estranged son was used by Brand to cause the damage to the primal Pattern. Who was this son?

Answer: Martin

Martin was sired by Random through the Rebman princess Morganthe, who committed suicide after being abandoned by Random. Martin was stabbed by Brand through a Trump as he finished walking the Pattern, thereby spilling Martin's blood on the Pattern itself and damaging it.

Source: Author aircorwin

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