Q 01/05

What is the surname of the title character in H. G. Wells's novel The Invisible Man, a former medical student?

A) Jekyll

B) Griffin

C) Moreau

D) Frankenstein

Answer · why

B) Griffin

Griffin is the only name he ever gets: the novel never reveals his first name, though the 1933 film christened him Jack.

Q 02/05

Why is the Invisible Man in H. G. Wells's novel so often freezing cold while moving about unseen?

A) He has to go naked

B) The formula thins his blood

C) He cannot feel heat

D) He sleeps on rooftops

Answer · why

A) He has to go naked

He has to go naked, since his clothes can still be seen, and his first unseen walk through London on a January day leaves him with a sneezing cold tha...

Q 03/05

What covers the whole head of the stranger who checks into a village inn at the start of The Invisible Man?

A) A black veil

B) A fencing mask

C) Bandages

D) A velvet hood

Answer · why

C) Bandages

Bandages wrap his forehead and ears, and the landlady decides she must be looking at the victim of a terrible accident or operation.

Q 04/05

Which animal does the Invisible Man make vanish before he tries the process on himself?

A) A white rabbit

B) A white mouse

C) A white rat

D) A white cat

Answer · why

D) A white cat

A white cat is his first living test subject, and the backs of its eyes refuse to fade, leaving two little ghosts of eyes behind.

Q 05/05

How does the Invisible Man of H. G. Wells's novel finally meet his death in a seaside town?

A) Shot by a policeman

B) Beaten by a crowd

C) Drowned in the harbour

D) Burned in a barn

Answer · why

B) Beaten by a crowd

Beaten by a crowd of townspeople as he tries to strangle the doctor who turned him in, he dies crying out for mercy.