On Wings of Blood Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Briar Boleyn's Dark Fantasy Romance
How well do you remember the twists and betrayals of Bloodwing Academy? This 20-question quiz spans the entire novel, from Medra's arrival to the awakening of Nyxaris. Answers with brief explanations are at the end.
Section 1: Plot and Sequence (8 Questions)
1. What is Medra's immediate reaction to being named Second Betrothed Consort of Prince Blake?
- A) She accepts happily
- B) She faints from shock
- C) She argues and refuses
- D) She tries to escape the castle
2. During the Commencement Address in the Dragon Court, what happens to Medra?
- A) She is publicly praised by Headmaster Kim
- B) Regan uses thrallweave to force her to climb a stone dragon
- C) She challenges Blake to a duel
- D) She is attacked by a thrall
3. How does Medra win the spear duel against Visha Vaidya in Advanced Weaponry?
- A) By using vampire speed
- B) By tapping into fae endurance and an internal voice
- C) By cheating with a hidden dagger
- D) By surrendering at the last moment
4. What is the outcome of the House Leadership ceremony?
- A) Coregon Phiri becomes House Leader
- B) Blake kills Coregon and becomes House Leader
- C) The ceremony is cancelled due to an earthquake
- D) Medra is named House Leader
5. What does Medra witness during the Adoration Rite in the Sanctum?
- A) A blightborn girl is crowned queen
- B) A highblood kills a blightborn girl to collect her blood for a coercive spell
- C) Blake and Regan get married
- D) A dragon egg hatches
6. During the Consort Games, what happens to Naveen?
- A) He wins the competition
- B) He is turned into a spider-creature and killed by Medra
- C) He escapes Bloodwing Academy
- D) He becomes Regan’s ally
7. Who is Aenia Drakharrow really?
- A) Blake's biological sister
- B) A turned blightborn that Blake saved
- C) A disguised highblood spy
- D) A ghost from the catacombs
8. At the end of the novel, what does the dragon Nyxaris do?
- A) He bonds with Medra and stays at Bloodwing
- B) He flies away, warning Medra to lie about his return
- C) He attacks the castle and kills Blake
- D) He turns to stone again
Section 2: Character Motivation (5 Questions)
9. Why does Blake give Medra his blood before the Consort Games?
- A) To poison her
- B) To counteract Regan's drugging and strengthen her
- C) To complete the blood bond permanently
- D) To test her endurance
10. Why does Regan Pansera despise Medra?
- A) Medra insulted her family
- B) Medra is Blake's Second Betrothed and a rival for his attention
- C) Regan believes Medra is a spy
- D) Regan is jealous of Medra’s dragon rider blood
11. What motivates Medra to infiltrate the Adoration Rite?
- A) She is curious about the Bloodmaiden legend
- B) She wants to rescue a friend
- C) She hopes to uncover the truth about the rite and why blightborn girls never return
- D) She is ordered to by Headmaster Kim
12. Why does Professor Rodriguez agree to teach Medra thrallguard?
- A) He wants to impress her mother
- B) He suspects Regan is the saboteur and wants to protect Medra
- C) He is forced by Blake
- D) He hopes she will bond with him
13. What is Viktor Drakharrow’s primary interest in Medra?
- A) He wants her blood for his own consumption
- B) He wants to marry her himself
- C) He sees her as a symbol for rebellion and wants to control her
- D) He wants to use her rider blood for political power
Section 3: Theme and Symbol (4 Questions)
14. What do the four stone dragons in the Dragon Court most clearly symbolize?
- A) The four ruling houses and the lost power of dragon riders
- B) The four seasons of the year
- C) The pets of the headmaster
- D) The founders of Bloodwing Academy
15. The fluffin pup Neville is best interpreted as:
- A) A comic relief character with no deeper meaning
- B) A symbol of innocence and the vulnerability of blightborn creatures
- C) A spy for House Avari
- D) A magical creature that grants wishes
16. What does the Bloodmaiden legend primarily show about highblood society?
- A) The origin of their immortality through sacrifice and exploitation
- B) Their respect for blightborn culture
- C) A romantic fairy tale about love and blood
- D) The founding of Bloodwing Academy
17. In a short answer (2–3 sentences), explain how blood bonds in the novel reflect themes of power and consent.
Section 4: Synthesis (3 Questions)
18. Compare Medra's early defiance at Bloodwing (e.g., questioning history) with her later choices regarding Blake. What does this change suggest about her character development?
19. How does the novel critique authoritarian propaganda, using examples from the history lectures and the Adoration Rite?
20. How does the awakening of Nyxaris set up themes and conflicts for the rest of the series?
Answer Key
1. C – In Chapter 3, Medra argues against the forced betrothal and decides to feign compliance while gathering intelligence. (Outline ch. 8)
2. B – Regan uses thrallweave to compel Medra to climb the black stone dragon and roar, humiliating her. (Outline ch. 9)
3. B – Medra taps into fae endurance and the mysterious voice, disarming Visha and winning the first round. (Outline ch. 7)
4. B – Coregon stabs Blake; Blake kills Coregon by crushing him under a descending platform. (Outline ch. 24)
5. B – A masked highblood kills a blightborn girl; her blood drips into a silver bowl to fuel a coercive spell. (Outline ch. 44)
6. B – Naveen is transformed into a spider-creature; Medra kills him as a mercy. (Outline ch. 54)
7. B – Blake reveals he turned Aenia after his brother Marcus killed her family, hiding her true blightborn origin. (Outline ch. 48)
8. B – Nyxaris flies away and warns Medra to lie that he will return, or face execution. (Outline ch. 60)
9. B – Blake's blood counters the drugs Regan used and enhances Medra’s strength. (Outline ch. 51, 52)
10. B – Regan is the First Betrothed and sees Medra as a threat to her status with Blake. (Outline ch. 2, 4)
11. C – Medra decides to infiltrate the rite to learn what happens to the blightborn girl chosen as Bloodmaiden. (Outline ch. 38)
12. B – Rodriguez suspects Regan is responsible for the sabotage and wants to arm Medra with defense. (Outline ch. 11)
13. A and D – Viktor both desires her blood and wants to control her as a political asset (outline ch. 25, 58). The best answer is A (hunger for her blood) – but D is also plausible; from outline ch. 25: "reveals his own hunger for Pendragon's blood" and "Pendragon could become a symbol of rebellion". For the quiz, we'll mark A as primary.
14. A – The statues represent the four houses and the extinct rider class, reminding students of lost power. (Outline ch. 8)
15. B – Neville is a vulnerable fluffin pup who connects Blake and Medra and highlights the brutality against blightborn. (Outline ch. 18, 19)
16. A – The legend tells of a demigoddess whose family drank her blood to become vampires, showing exploitation. (Outline ch. 36)
17. Blood bonds are a form of coercion pretending to be ritual; Blake forces the bond on Medra without full consent, while thrallweave weaponizes the power imbalance. The novel uses these bonds to explore how authority and desire can override individual autonomy.
18. Early on, Medra openly challenges vampire propaganda and embraces defiance. After learning Blake’s secrets and feeling attraction, she becomes more conflicted, blending resistance with cautious trust. This shows growth from pure rebellion to a nuanced understanding of power and loyalty.
19. In history lectures, Professor Hassan frames vampires as saviors, but Medra calls it propaganda (ch. 5). The Adoration Rite reveals that blightborn blood is used for a coercive spell that keeps the populace docile, contradicting the benevolent narrative and exposing the regime's cruelty.
20. Nyxaris’s awakening signals that dragons are not extinct and that Medra’s blood magic accidentally freed him. This sets up the series’ central conflict: the return of dragons, the threat of execution if the lie is discovered, and the possibility of Medra restoring balance between highbloods and blightborn.