Fallout 4 Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Story
Twelve questions on Fallout 4, from Vault 111 and Diamond City to Kellogg, the Institute and the factions fighting over the Commonwealth. Every answer comes with a short explanation and a link to the page that covers it.
How much of the Commonwealth do you remember? This quiz covers the story of Fallout 4, from the morning the bombs fell to the search for Shaun inside the Institute, and every answer explains itself and links to the page where we cover it with sources. Full spoilers. (Fallout 4)
Fallout 4 quiz
0/12 answered · 0 correct1. What is the name of the Sole Survivor's baby son?
2. Which vault does the family reach as the bombs fall?
3. What is the name of the family's robot butler?
4. Who turns out to be Father, the Institute's Director?
5. In what year does the Survivor wake for good?
6. Who is the mercenary who shot the Survivor's spouse and took Shaun?
7. Diamond City is built inside which pre-war landmark?
8. Which of the last Minutemen does the Survivor save in Concord?
9. What is the Brotherhood of Steel's giant airship called?
10. Which former Institute scientist is hiding in the Glowing Sea?
11. What does the Survivor need to take from a courser to get into the Institute?
12. In Far Harbor, who did DiMA secretly kill and replace with a synth?
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- Fallout 4 story explained, the plot, every ending and the add-ons. (Fallout 4)
- The Institute, the science body under the Commonwealth. (Fallout 4)
- Synths, the artificial people the Institute builds. (Fallout 4)
- The Commonwealth, the ruins of Boston. (Fallout 4)
- The Minutemen and the Railroad. (Fallout 4)
- The Brotherhood of Steel and Arthur Maxson. (Fallout 4)
- Fallout 4 companions, from Codsworth to Nick Valentine. (Fallout 4)
Frequently asked questions
- How hard is this Fallout 4 quiz?
- The first questions cover the opening hours. The later ones need you to remember the road into the Institute and the Far Harbor add-on.
- Where do the answers come from?
- Every answer comes from Fallout 4 and Far Harbor, as covered on our cited Fallout 4 story page.
- Does the quiz pick a canon ending?
- No. Bethesda hasn't named one, so the questions stay away from which faction wins.
- Does the quiz spoil the game?
- Yes. It covers the main plot, including the twist about Father.
Sources
- GameFallout 4, Bethesda Game Studios, 2015
- GameFallout 4: Far Harbor, Bethesda Game Studios, 2016
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