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Vampires 101

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Vampires 101 game quiz
"This is a quiz of basic facts on vampires of folklore. Be forewarned, though, that the "real" vampires were very different from the folks in today's movies and novels!"

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1. Vampires are known in many cultures as shapeshifters. Almost all Slavic vampires were said to assume the form of mist to escape the grave, and in some tales it seems like Russian vampires could turn into almost anything! Which of the following forms could European folkloric vampires almost certainly NOT assume?
    Bat
    Magpie
    Wolf
    Moth or butterfly


2. True or false: Though a staple of vampire stories, the wooden stake has been known to fail in killing a vampire.
    True
    False


3. There are a number of ways to get rid of a vampire, some more invasively than others. There is, however, one method in Eastern European practice which never seems to fail. What is it?
    Staking it to the ground
    Eating dirt from the vampire's grave, thus vaccinating oneself from vampirism
    Cremation
    Granting the vampire absolution from sin


4. Emily Gerard's 1885 essay, "Transylvanian Superstitions", is often cited as a major source for "Dracula" author Bram Stoker's knowledge of vampires. According to Gerard, how does one become a vampire?
    Die in a clan vendetta
    Be born out of wedlock on Christmas
    Cheat at football (soccer west of the pond)
    Be the illegitimate child of two illegitimate children


5. Which of the following religious scholars did NOT at one time or another express a belief in vampires in his writings?
    Eighteenth-Century Roman Catholic conservative Augustin Calmet
    Sixteenth-Century Protestant Reformer John Calvin
    Seventeenth-Century Anglican liberal Henry More
    Twentieth-Century translator Montague Summers


6. In the vast majority of collected folkloric accounts, from what social class do most vampires originate?
    Aristocracy (this includes "Counts" and "Voivodes")
    Peasantry
    Royalty
    Clergy


7. Which of these is NOT a true statement about the relationship of vampires to witches in premodern belief?
    Both witches and vampires were widely believed to have some connection with Satan, though both beliefs probably had pagan antecedents
    Witches were living, while vampires were almost always dead
    Witches were usually persecuted by the common people, while vampires were handled by authorities
    Witch trials were more common in Catholic and Protestant countries like Germany and France, while vampire hunts were more common in Eastern Orthodox countries like Greece and Bulgaria


8. In folklore, how long does a vampire usually plague a village?
    Not very long--the villagers usually take care of business in a hurry
    Vampires usually subsist on the blood of the living for centuries
    A vampire will haunt a village until everyone it knew in life is dead
    For one year


9. True or False: most vampires are invincible in hand to hand combat, often taking on entire regiments in a fight.
    True
    False


10. A Romani (Balkan Gypsy) vampire hunter is called a dhampir. As the son of a vampire, the dhampir can see the creature, though it is usually invisible to normal people. In the ritual killing of the invisible vampire, how does the dhampir visualize his opponent?
    He "steals" a diamond from the richest woman in the village and looks through it to find the vampire
    He takes off his shirt and looks through the sleeve
    He kills a chicken or goat and uses its blood to make a circle in the dirt; the invisible vampire is compelled to step into the circle
    He goes to the graveyard and releases a handful of ashes to the wind; the dhampir can see the vampire in the shapes the swirling ashes take


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Compiled Jun 18 13