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Quiz about Anne McCaffreys Tower and Hive books
Quiz about Anne McCaffreys Tower and Hive books

Anne McCaffrey's "Tower and Hive" books Quiz


How well do you know the books about the FT&T Primes and their ongoing battle against the marauding 'Hivers'? This quiz covers the full story through all five books in the series.

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Rowena8482
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
275,331
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
485
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Question 1 of 10
1. What is The Rowan's real name? (her maiden name) Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Until Jeff Raven arrives from Deneb and realises they are all inhibited by their trainer rather than actual sufferers, what 'handicap' limits all the Prime Talents? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who is the mysterious 'mind' that tries to seduce Damia and eventually kills her brother? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who was Earth Prime before Jeff Raven took over the post? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Why are the Mrdini so impressed with the way the Humans dispatch the Hiver Sphere attacking Deneb? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. How do the Mrdini communicate with Humans at first? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. When the Hiver queen is captured, where is she held? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who does Thian 'marry'? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What career does Zara Lyon eventually take up? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What delicate issue do the Mrdini ask for Human help with at the end of the story? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is The Rowan's real name? (her maiden name)

Answer: Angharad Gwyn

As a baby, Angharad was saved from a landslide when her psychic cry for help was heard by every Talent on Altair. She was an incredibly powerful Talent, and grew up within FT&T to become Callisto Prime.
2. Until Jeff Raven arrives from Deneb and realises they are all inhibited by their trainer rather than actual sufferers, what 'handicap' limits all the Prime Talents?

Answer: Agoraphobia

Once Jeff appears and points out that he does not have agoraphobia, they realise that it was in fact because Siglen suffered from an inner ear imbalance that all the other FT&T Primes 'caught' agoraphobia from her during training.
The Primes are then able to overcome their fear and travel freely.
3. Who is the mysterious 'mind' that tries to seduce Damia and eventually kills her brother?

Answer: Sodan

Sodan is a mysterious alien 'mind' who communicates telepathically with Damia and tries to 'seduce' her to get her to divulge information about the Federation defences.
In the end Sodan is defeated, but at the cost of Larak's life. Damia never forgives herself for the loss of her brother.
4. Who was Earth Prime before Jeff Raven took over the post?

Answer: Peter Reidinger

A Reidinger has been Earth Prime since the founding of FT&T. Peter Reidinger is ecstatic to 'find' Jeff to hand over the reins to. Primes are rare and one who can handle the 'top job' is rarer still.
5. Why are the Mrdini so impressed with the way the Humans dispatch the Hiver Sphere attacking Deneb?

Answer: It is destroyed without loss of human lives

The massed minds of the Human Talents manage to nullify the Queens and send the Sphere hurtling into Deneb's Sun without loss of life.
This is a miraculous 'lifeline' of hope to the Mrdini as they have only saved themselves from Hiver depredations by desperate suicide missions with extremely high loss of lives.
6. How do the Mrdini communicate with Humans at first?

Answer: In dreams

The Mrdini 'send' dreams to the Humans. It takes humans a while to realise what is happening and 'answer' the Mrdini.
Once an alliance is established the Humans and Mrdini are able to learn each others' languages and communicate better, although it is a slow process.
7. When the Hiver queen is captured, where is she held?

Answer: Heinlein Base

The Queen is held at Heinlein Base on Earth's moon.
It is Zara Lyon who works out empathically that she is slowly dying of hypothermia in time to save her life.
8. Who does Thian 'marry'?

Answer: Alison Anne Greevy

Alison Anne Greevy, known as 'Gravy' is a medic aboard the Navy ship where Thian is assigned as Fleet Prime. She is a medic and an empath.
When Thian is reassigned to the Washington he requests Gravy as a member of his team.
At the end of the final book Alison is pregnant with their first child.
9. What career does Zara Lyon eventually take up?

Answer: Medicine

Zara is a T1 empath and as such is unsuitable for Tower work.
She becomes a medic and dedicates herself to helping others, particularly people with emotional and psychiatric illnesses.
Her namesake Elizara becomes her mentor.
10. What delicate issue do the Mrdini ask for Human help with at the end of the story?

Answer: Controlling birthrates

Mrdini reproduction is sacred and highly secretive. It is controlled by the Keepers in the Hibernatory and is very mysterious.
As the need for suicide missions to destroy Hivers is removed they have a serious overpopulation problem and this leads to them asking humans for help to develop some form of contraception.
Zara and Elizara lead the scientific team and are able to develop a method by which conception can be controlled.
Source: Author Rowena8482

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