How Well Do You Know the Valiant Valkyrie Nesta? Flex Your Memory Muscles with These Challenging Quiz Questions!
This 20-question quiz will test your knowledge of Nesta’s traumatic transformation from haughty human to Valkyrie-reborn in the hit series A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas!
1. Where does Nesta fall in order of her siblings?
"My father and Nesta still silently warmed their hands by the hearth, my eldest sister ignoring him, as usual." -A Court of Thorns and Roses, Chapter 2
2. What is the name of the boy who Nesta is seeing at the start of the series?
"Nesta’s nostrils delicately flared. 'There’s nothing you can do. Clare Beddor told me this afternoon that Tomas is going to propose to me any day now.'" -A Court of Thorns and Roses, Chapter 2
3. What is Nesta’s favorite hobby?
"But Cassian sauntered over to Nesta, a half smile spreading across his face. She stood stiffly while he picked up the book, read the title, and chuckled. 'I wouldn’t have pegged you for a romance reader.' She gave him a withering glare." -A Court of Wings and Ruin, Chapter 15
4. Which of these is NOT one of the three poses that Cassian says Nesta has?
"He’d seen Nesta in that particular pose, too. He called it her I Will Slay My Enemies pose. Cassian had named about two dozen poses for Nesta at this point. Ranging from I Will Eat Your Eyes for Breakfast to I Don’t Want Cassian to Know I’m Reading Smut. The latter was his particular favorite.” -A Court of Frost and Starlight, Chapter 8
5. What is the name of the tavern in Velaris that Nesta goes to play cards at?
“And yet my sister managed to find the seediest, most miserable taverns in Velaris. There weren’t many. But she patronized all of them. And this one—the Wolf’s Den—was by far the worst." -A Court of Frost and Starlight, Chapter 12
6. What was Nesta’s nickname from her mother?
"My Nesta, her mother had always called her, even on her deathbed, so wasted and pale from typhus. My little queen.” -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 4
7. What stair did Nesta make it to on her first attempt down from the House?
“Cassian asked, 'What stair did you make it to?' ... 'One hundred eleven.' Nesta didn’t rise.” -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 8
8. How old is Nesta in ACOSF?
“You have twenty-five years of bad habits to break." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 15
9. How old was Nesta when her mother died?
“My mother died when I was twelve, and my father … He did not survive the most recent war." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 25
10. What power does Nesta receive from the Cauldron?
“'What is her power?' Azriel asked. 'Death,' Rhys whispered, 'Pure death.'” -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 29
11. What creature does Nesta behead in the Bog of Oorid?
“Every word emptied from Cassian’s head as Nesta, too, emerged from the water, as if lifted on a pillar from beneath ... Water sluiced down her clothes, her hair had been ripped from its braid, and in her hand, clenched there … A kelpie’s head dangled by its sheet of black hair, torn-up face frozen in a scream.” -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 36
12. What animal is Nesta repeatedly compared to?
"So Nesta had become a wolf. Armed herself with invisible teeth and claws, and learned to strike faster, deeper, more lethally." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 4 | "It was always that way between them: Elain, sweet and oblivious, and Nesta, the snarling wolf at her side, poised to shred anyone who threatened her." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 17 | "Nesta is a wolf who has been locked in a cage her whole life." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 44
13. What high society skill does Nesta master at a young age?
"She was trained in dance from a very young age. She loves it, and music. Not in the way I enjoy a waltz or gavotte, but in the way that performers make an art of it. Nesta could bring an entire ballroom to a halt when she danced with someone." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 44
14. How many days does Nesta go without speaking while hiking with Cassian?
"'Please,' she said. Her first word in five days." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 50
15. What does Nesta name the sword she Made?
"The sword bounced against her thigh, and she said, breaking the silence, 'I named it Ataraxia.'” -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 53
16. Which of these is NOT a nickname Nesta receives during the series?
“All right. Let Lady Death get some rest." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 37 | “I rode in the Wild Hunt before you were even a scrap of existence, witch from Oorid ... Come with me, Queen of Queens, and we shall return what was once lost." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 54
17. What race of female warriors do Nesta and her friends revive in ACOSF?
"I convinced Merrill to add us into the penultimate chapter. She even let me write it—with her own annotations, of course. But it’s about the rebirth of the Valkyries. About what we’re doing." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 56
18. Which two females does Nesta grow close with during ACOSF?
"They worked in music-filled companionship, idle chatter bouncing between them, Emerie and Gwyn occasionally laughing at Nesta’s awful workmanship." -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 59
19. Who is revealed to be Nesta’s mate?
"'I am your mate, for fuck’s sake!' Cassian shouted, loud enough for people across the river to hear. 'You are my mate! Why are you still fighting it?' She let the truth, voiced at last, wash over her.” -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 62
20. What piece of food does Nesta offer Cassian as part of the mating bond ritual?
"Nesta considered. Then pulled something out of her pocket. A small biscuit, swiped from a tray in the birthing room. 'Then here. Food. From me to you, my mate. That’s the official ritual, isn’t it? The sharing of food from one mate to the other?'” -A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 78
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