Gothic Lit
What 1897 novel sees Abraham Van Helsing chasing down the title character in his namesake castle in modern-day Romania?
Dracula
How many stories does The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer consist of?
24
Which Shakespeare play is set in Venice and Cyprus?
Othello
Henry David Thoreau wrote about life in the woods in Massachusetts in what iconic 1854 work of nonfiction literature?
Walden
Thestrals and Floo Powder are both forms of transportation invented by what internationally-renowned author?
J.K. Rowling
What is the first name of Dr. Jekyll in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
Henry
What is the name of the poem that depicts the personification of Christ's cross?
The Dream of the Rood
What is Shakespeare's most produced play?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
This poem begins with "April is cruelest month..."
The Waste Land
James Joyce’s 1922 novel “Ulysses” follows Leopold Bloom, the hero of the tale who is from what country (as was Joyce)?
Ireland
What is the subtitle of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?
Venerable Bede
Agatha Christie's "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" and Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" are two novels who take their titles from lines in what Shakespeare play?
Macbeth
This poet is also an accomplished abstract and modernist painter
E.E. Cummings
In the Robin Hood stories, who was the Sheriff of Nottingham's chief henchman?
Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Which Jane Austen novel could be considered a gothic novel based off certain elements?
Northanger Abbey
What is the name of the poem that depicts the wilderness between the Tower of Truth and the Dungeon of Wrong?
Piers the Ploughman
"Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here:
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones."
What was Shakespeare's purpose for writing this?
To curse whoever tried to move his bones or rob his grave
In Zora Neale Hurston's novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God", protagonist Janie has three husbands. What is the nickname of her third husband, the only man she really loved?
Tea Cake
Which of these characters forgot a baby in a pram in Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest"?
Miss Prism
What novel is considered to be the beginning of the English Gothic Novel tradition?
The Castle of Otranto
What is the name of the first official recording of Robin Hood?
Robin Hood and the Monk
In his will, what did Shakespeare leave to his wife?
His "second-best bed"
Which author wrote about the troubled and tragic character, Bigger Thomas?
Richard Wright
In Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse Five,' where is the slaughterhouse located?
Dresden