Mass Effect 3 Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Story
Twelve questions on Mass Effect 3, from the fall of Earth and the Crucible to the Catalyst and the four endings. Every answer comes with a short explanation and a link to the page that covers it.
How well do you know the Reaper War? This quiz covers the Mass Effect 3 story, from the Reapers hitting Vancouver to Shepard's last conversation on the Citadel, and only asks about endings by name. Every answer explains itself and links to the page where we cover it with sources. Full spoilers. (Mass Effect 3; Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut)
Mass Effect 3 quiz
0/12 answered · 0 correct1. What is the Prothean superweapon design found on Mars called?
2. Who stays behind on Earth to lead the resistance?
3. What turns out to be the Catalyst, the Crucible's missing piece?
4. What form does the Catalyst take when Shepard meets it?
5. Which Prothean soldier wakes from a stasis pod on Eden Prime?
6. Who steals the Prothean beacon data on Thessia?
7. What is the ancient tower on Tuchanka that can spread the genophage cure?
8. In the Destroy ending, what dies along with the Reapers?
9. According to the Catalyst, how often do the Reapers harvest advanced organic species?
10. Which ending was added by the Extended Cut?
11. In the Leviathan DLC, who does Shepard learn the Catalyst turned into the first Reaper?
12. Who narrates the epilogue of the Destroy ending?
Go deeper#
- Mass Effect 3 ending explained, the story and all four endings. (Mass Effect 3; Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut)
- The Crucible and the Reapers. (Mass Effect 3)
- David Anderson and the Illusive Man. (Mass Effect 3)
- Javik, the last Prothean. (Mass Effect 3: From Ashes)
- Kai Leng and Thessia. (Mass Effect 3)
- The genophage and Tuchanka. (Mass Effect 3)
- The Reaper War. (Mass Effect 3)
Frequently asked questions
- How hard is this Mass Effect 3 quiz?
- The opening questions are ones anyone who finished the game should get. It gets harder as it goes, and the last few lean on the Extended Cut and the Leviathan DLC.
- Where do the answers come from?
- Every answer is taken from Mass Effect 3, its DLC and the Extended Cut, as covered on our cited Mass Effect 3 ending page. Nothing comes from fan theory.
- Do my choices change the answers?
- No. The quiz sticks to what happens in every playthrough, and any question about an ending names the ending it means.
Sources
- GameMass Effect 3, BioWare, 2012
- GameMass Effect 3: From Ashes, BioWare, 2012
- GameMass Effect 3: Extended Cut, BioWare, 2012 (free ending update)
- GameMass Effect 3: Leviathan, BioWare, 2012
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Mass Effect 3 Story and Ending Explained: Destroy, Control, Synthesis and Refuse
The Mass Effect 3 story in order and every ending explained: what the Catalyst is, what Destroy, Control, Synthesis and Refuse each do, and what the Extended Cut changed.
The Crucible
The Crucible was an ancient superweapon of unknown origin, refined across countless cycles by species hoping to stop the Reapers. Rediscovered during the Reaper invasion and built by a united galaxy, it became the last hope of organic life, completed only by joining it with the Citadel.
David Anderson
David Anderson was a decorated Systems Alliance officer, the first captain of the Normandy, and a mentor to Commander Shepard. When the Reapers invaded Earth, he stayed behind to lead its resistance, and he stood at Shepard's side in the final hours of the war.
Genophage
The genophage was a genetic weapon deployed against the krogan during the Krogan Rebellions, drastically lowering the chance of viable births and consigning the species to a slow decline. Developed by the salarians and unleashed by the turians, it haunted galactic politics for over a thousand years.
The Illusive Man
The Illusive Man was the secretive, well-informed leader of Cerberus, a human whose true identity as Jack Harper was forgotten by most. For decades he bent his vast network and resources toward a single goal, the ascension of humanity, before his obsession with controlling the Reapers led to his downfall.
Javik
Javik was the only known survivor of the ancient Prothean race, an Avatar of Vengeance preserved in stasis for over fifty thousand years, who was revived during the Reaper War to wage one final campaign against the enemy that had exterminated his people.
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