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

Its full title is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

Q 02/05

In the novel, 'Frankenstein' is actually the name of whom?

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

People often use the name for the monster; strictly it belongs to Victor Frankenstein, its creator.

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

In the Universal film the character is credited only as 'The Monster'.

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

Count Dracula became the archetypal vampire of later fiction.

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 III Dracula ruled Wallachia; Stoker may not even have known his gruesome nickname.