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Quiz about The Aiel
Quiz about The Aiel

The Aiel Trivia Quiz


This quiz is about the Aiel people and culture. Enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by Gildor Inglorion. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
118,261
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
14 / 20
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2106
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Question 1 of 20
1. In the Age of Legends the Aiel were known as what? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. The Trollocs have a name in their own tongue for the Aiel Waste. what is it? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. Who, since the Aiel entered the Waste, have been allowed to pass through unharmed? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. Who caused the Aiel War? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. What do the Aiel call the Waste? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. What famous general suffered his worst defeat at the hands of the Aiel? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. The Aiel wear dust colored clothes as their camouflage. Unknown to them this camouflage was the same type used by the Da'shain when they served the Aes Sedai. This camouflage is called cadin'sor. What does cadin'sor translate as from the Old Tongue? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. How many clans are there among the Aiel in total (past and present)? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. The Aiel warriors are divided into different societies. How many societies are there? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. What race of people are related to the Aiel? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. What are the Tuatha'an known for? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. The Tuatha'an are led by a Mahdi. What does Mahdi translate as? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. The Tuatha'an forsook the Aes Sedai's trust.


Question 14 of 20
14. What clan of the Aiel built the magnificent city of Rhuidean? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. In Rhuidean, two famous items of the Power were kept. What were they? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. When the Aiel first entered the Waste, the Cairhienin gave them a gift. What did the Aiel call this gift? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. The Aiel follow li'men'toh.


Question 18 of 20
18. In Rhuidean was kept Avendoraldera, the Tree of Life.


Question 19 of 20
19. Far Dareis Mai, Maidens of the Spear was began by which woman at the capture of her two children? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. An easy one: what was the name of the Aiel who was a close friend of Egwene and Elayne? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In the Age of Legends the Aiel were known as what?

Answer: Da'shain

Da'shain Aiel were the servants of the Aes Sedai. They followed the Way of the Leaf, doing no violence. They would Seed Sing with the Ogier and Nym.
2. The Trollocs have a name in their own tongue for the Aiel Waste. what is it?

Answer: Djevik K' Shar

Djevik K' Shar means the Dying Land. It was called this because the Aiel would slaughter any band of Trollocs that entered the Waste.
3. Who, since the Aiel entered the Waste, have been allowed to pass through unharmed?

Answer: Peddlers, Gleeman, Cairhienen, and Tinkers

Peddlers and Gleeman were allowed because of their usefulness to the Aiel. Tinkers were allowed to pass through because of their kinship to the Aiel. The Cairhienin were able to pass until the Aiel War because of their gift of water to the Aiel upon their coming to the Waste.
4. Who caused the Aiel War?

Answer: Laman for cutting down Avendoraldera

Laman cut down the only seedling of the Tree of Life to make himself a throne. This resulted in the long and bloody Aiel War, which did not end until Laman's death.
5. What do the Aiel call the Waste?

Answer: The Three Fold Land

They call it the Three Fold Land, because they believe it is first a shaping stone to make them, second a testing ground to prove their worth, and third a punishment for their sin. Many of the Aiel do not know what the sin they committed was. Only the chiefs and Wise Ones know that it is because they abandoned their task of keeping safe the items of the power that were given to their hands.
6. What famous general suffered his worst defeat at the hands of the Aiel?

Answer: Artur Hawkwing

Hawkwing, the ever victorious, tried only once to defeat the Aiel and add them to his conquests. The attempt was so complete that he never tried again.
7. The Aiel wear dust colored clothes as their camouflage. Unknown to them this camouflage was the same type used by the Da'shain when they served the Aes Sedai. This camouflage is called cadin'sor. What does cadin'sor translate as from the Old Tongue?

Answer: Working clothes

The cadin'sor consists of knee-high boots of soft leather, the shoufa, a veil, a coat of brown or gray, and breeches of brown or gray.
8. How many clans are there among the Aiel in total (past and present)?

Answer: 13

The thirteen clans are the Chareen, the Codarra, the Daryne, the Goshien, the Miagoma, the Nakai, the Reyn, the Shaarad, the Shaido, the Shiande, the Taardad, the Tomanelle, and the Jenn.
9. The Aiel warriors are divided into different societies. How many societies are there?

Answer: 12

The twelve societies are the Seian Doon(Black Eyes), Far Aldazar Din(Brothers of the Eagle), Rahien Sorei(Dawn Runners), Sovin Nai(Knife Hands), Far Dareis Mai(Maidens of the Spear), Hama N'dore(Mountain Dancers), Cor Darei(Night Spears), Aethan Dor(Red Shields), Shae'en M'taal(Stone Dogs), Sha'mad Conde(Thunder Walkers), Tain Shari(True Bloods), and Duadhe Madi'in(Water Seekers).
10. What race of people are related to the Aiel?

Answer: Tuatha'an

The Tuatha'an are all that remains of the Jenn Aiel. They broke the covenant with the Aes Sedai and left their objects of the Power to rot.
11. What are the Tuatha'an known for?

Answer: Both of these

The Tuatha'an painted their wagons with bright colors and sewed their clothes with shamelessly bright colors. They still follow the Way of the Leaf and do no violence.
12. The Tuatha'an are led by a Mahdi. What does Mahdi translate as?

Answer: Seeker

The Tuatha'an are always seeking for The Song, which they believe will restore peace. The Mahdi, Seeker.
13. The Tuatha'an forsook the Aes Sedai's trust.

Answer: True

They left the covenant but still kept the Way of the Leaf.
14. What clan of the Aiel built the magnificent city of Rhuidean?

Answer: Jenn

The city of Rhuidean was built by the Jenn to house the angreal and other objects of the Power that they had been entrusted with.
15. In Rhuidean, two famous items of the Power were kept. What were they?

Answer: Ter'angreal

Two Ter'angreal in the shape of a man and a woman. Each provided access to the largest Sa'angreal ever made.
16. When the Aiel first entered the Waste, the Cairhienin gave them a gift. What did the Aiel call this gift?

Answer: The Water Gift

The Cairhienin were the only ones to offer the wandering Aiel water.
17. The Aiel follow li'men'toh.

Answer: False

They followed ji'e'toh, a code of honor.
18. In Rhuidean was kept Avendoraldera, the Tree of Life.

Answer: False

Avendesora, the Tree of Life, was kept in Rhuiden. Avendoraldera was its sapling.
19. Far Dareis Mai, Maidens of the Spear was began by which woman at the capture of her two children?

Answer: Morin

Morin joined the fighters in an attempt to rescue her children.
20. An easy one: what was the name of the Aiel who was a close friend of Egwene and Elayne?

Answer: Aviendha

Aviendha became close friends with Egwene in the Stone of Tear. Through this relationship she became close friends with Elayne. She later became the Sister Wife of Elayne when they both fell in love with Rand.
Source: Author Gildor Inglorion

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