Quiz  /  Monsters, Ghouls, and Ghosts Quiz

  • 1. 
    Who is the first ghost to visit Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?

  • the Ghost of Christmas Present
  • the Ghost of Christmas Past
  • the Ghost of Christmas Future
  • Jacob Marley

  • 2. 
    Who is the author of The Haunting of Hill House, a novel about a house rife with supernatural horrors?

  • Shirley Jackson
  • Anne Rice
  • Stephen King
  • Carmen Maria Machado

  • 3. 
    What U.S. state has horror writer Stephen King set many of his novels and short stories in?

  • Maine
  • Oregon
  • Virginia
  • Florida

  • 4. 
    What hotel is Jack hired as caretaker of (and later possesses him) in Stephen King’s The Shining?

  • the Bates Motel
  • Hotel Excelsior
  • the Dolphin Hotel
  • the Overlook Hotel

  • 5. 
    In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, what does the monster allegedly need from his home country to stay healthy?

  • bedding
  • food
  • clothing
  • dirt

  • 6. 
    Which inventor also produced the first Frankenstein film?

  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Henry Ford
  • Nikola Tesla
  • Thomas Edison

  • 7. 
    How long did it take Anne Rice to write her first novel, Interview with a Vampire?

  • 15 years
  • 5 weeks
  • 6 months
  • 5 years

  • 8. 
    In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, what is thrown at Ichabod Crane that he mistakes for a severed head?

  • a doll
  • a stone
  • an animal skull
  • a pumpkin

  • 9. 
    Which is a seminal short story regarding witchcraft written by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

  • “The Monkey’s Paw”
  • “The Tell-Tale Heart”
  • “The Turn of the Screw”
  • “Young Goodman Brown”

  • 10. 
    Which narrative popularized the theme of the female vampire?

  • The Queen of the Damned
  • “The Turn of the Screw”
  • Dracula
  • “Carmilla”

  • 11. 
    What filmmaker’s work largely developed the modern zombie?

  • Fred Dekker
  • Lucio Fulci
  • George A. Romero
  • Stuart Gordon

  • 12. 
    Which foreboding novel with an unnamed narrator inspired a resurgence of Gothic romances?

  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • Wuthering Heights
  • Jane Eyre
  • Rebecca
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