Selection Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Aspen Leger initially belongs to which caste?
Four
Seven
Six
Eight
2. Which title is the second novel in the original trilogy, following The Selection?
The Elite
The Crown
The One
The Heir
3. Which forbidden relationship dramatically changes Marlee Tames’s fate?
Her relationship with palace guard Carter Woodwork
Her relationship with Gavril Fadaye
Her relationship with a Northern rebel
Her relationship with Aspen Leger
4. What is the central purpose of the Selection as it is presented to the public?
To appoint provincial governors
To recruit advisers for the king
To award scholarships to talented citizens
To find a wife for Prince Maxon
5. What circumstance leads to America’s first private encounter with Maxon at the palace?
She follows another contestant to a secret meeting
She becomes lost while searching for the palace library
She is summoned to discuss a rules violation
She goes into the garden because she feels overwhelmed and needs air
6. Who is the main protagonist of Kiera Cass’s original Selection trilogy?
Marlee Tames
America Singer
Celeste Newsome
Kriss Ambers
7. America admits early on that she is not ready to love Maxon. What arrangement allows her to remain in the competition?
She agrees to perform at every palace event
She promises to conceal every rebel attack from the public
She accepts a formal role as Queen Amberly’s assistant
She offers Maxon friendship and insight while her continued participation helps her family
8. During a palace raid, intruders concentrate on finding books and records rather than harming residents. Which faction does this behavior indicate?
Southern rebels
Exiled members of the royal guard
Northern rebels
Supporters of New Asia
9. Aspen later appears at the palace in a new role. What is that role?
A musician for official ceremonies
A member of the palace guard
An assistant to Gavril Fadaye
A royal adviser on caste reform
10. Before entering the Selection, America belongs to a caste associated mainly with artists and performers. Which caste is it?
Three
Five
Six
Eight
11. The contestants sit before cameras while Gavril Fadaye presents palace and national updates. Which program are they appearing on?
The Report
The Illéa Bulletin
The Selection Hour
The Royal Address
12. How many young women are initially chosen to participate in Maxon’s Selection?
Eight
Thirty-five
Thirty-two
Sixteen
13. Queen Amberly can understand the pressures faced by Maxon’s candidates because she once had which experience?
She organized the first Selection in Illea
She served as a palace maid under Clarkson’s mother
She competed in King Clarkson’s Selection
She entered the palace as a rebel negotiator
14. Marlee and Carter are publicly punished and demoted after their relationship is discovered. What does this event most clearly reveal about Illea?
Romantic choices are tightly constrained by caste and palace authority
Contestants are permitted to leave the Selection without consequences
Palace guards hold greater authority than the royal family
The caste system applies only to people employed by the palace
15. America repeatedly questions the caste system and speaks impulsively in public. How does King Clarkson primarily respond to this behavior?
He appoints her as an official palace spokesperson
He treats her criticism as harmless entertainment
He views her as a threat and pressures Maxon to remove her
He asks her to design an immediate replacement for the caste system
16. By the conclusion of The One, what becomes of America and Maxon’s relationship?
America leaves the palace and reunites with Aspen
Maxon ends the Selection without choosing anyone
They remain friends while Kriss becomes queen
America and Maxon marry and become Illea’s new monarchs