Q 01/05

Who wrote the 1818 novel that introduced Frankenstein's monster?

A) Bram Stoker

B) Edgar Allan Poe

C) Mary Shelley

D) H. G. Wells

Answer · why

C) Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, published anonymously in 1818 when she was twenty.

Q 02/05

In the 1818 novel, who or what actually bears the name 'Frankenstein'?

A) The scientist who built it

B) The living monster itself

C) The mountain village

D) The ruined castle

Answer · why

A) The scientist who built it

The scientist who built it, Victor Frankenstein, owns the name; Shelley's subtitle compares him to the mythological Prometheus.

Q 03/05

Which actor's 1931 portrayal fixed the flat-headed, bolt-necked image of Frankenstein's monster?

A) Bela Lugosi

B) Lon Chaney

C) Vincent Price

D) Boris Karloff

Answer · why

D) Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff played the Monster in Universal's 1931 Frankenstein; Jack Pierce's makeup gave it the flat head and neck bolts.

Q 04/05

Who wrote the 1897 novel Dracula?

A) Mary Shelley

B) Bram Stoker

C) Robert Louis Stevenson

D) Oscar Wilde

Answer · why

B) Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker, an Irish author and manager of London's Lyceum Theatre, published Dracula in 1897.

Q 05/05

Which real 15th-century prince partly inspired Count Dracula?

A) Ivan the Terrible

B) Vlad the Impaler

C) Genghis Khan

D) Charlemagne

Answer · why

B) Vlad the Impaler

Vlad the Impaler, Vlad III of Wallachia, was called Dracula, 'son of the dragon', after his father's membership of the Order of the Dragon.