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Lovecraft Plots Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz on the works of one of the greatest horror writers ever, H. P. Lovecraft.

A multiple-choice quiz by the-mulk. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
the-mulk

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
46,949

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1167

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Man buys ancestral home, only to learn his family's cannibal history. Man goes mad while exploring catacombs and eats fellow explorer. Hint

The Rats in the Walls

Dagon

The Lurking Fear

At the Mountains of Madness

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Question 2 of 10

2. Tragedy befalls family after a strange entity takes up residence in their water well. Hint

The Outsider

The Moon-Bog

The Colour out of Space

The Unnamable

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Question 3 of 10

3. Water-demons interbreed with the population of a small community. A traveler learns he is one of these cross-breeds. Hint

The Dunwich Horror

The Shadow over Innsmouth

In the Walls of Eryx

The Horror at Red Hook

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Question 4 of 10

4. Man learns that he is the descendant of an African ape-goddess. Hint

The Beast in the Cave

Arthur Jermyn

The Transition of Juan Romero

The Alchemist

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Question 5 of 10

5. An entire family degenerates into cannibal mole-people. Hint

The Shunned House

The Horror at Red Hook

The Lurking Fear.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Man cheats death until a mechanical problem occurs. Hint

The Tomb

Cool air

The Tree

The Shunned House

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Question 7 of 10

7. Suicidal morphine addict recalls encounter with Philistine fish-god. Hint

Dagon

The Call of Chthulhu

The Temple

The Outsider

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Question 8 of 10

8. Enough with the plot outlines. It's time for some actual questions. What planet does Lovecraft refer to as 'Yuggoth'? Hint

Earth

Saturn

Mars

Pluto

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Question 9 of 10

9. What ancient Arabic book dealt extensively with the Chthulhu mythos? Hint

the Yog-Sothoth

Necronomicon

Chthulhu Fhtagn

Harry Potter

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Question 10 of 10

10. In what sunken city does Chthulhu slumber? Hint

R'lyeh

Atlantis

Philidelphia

Ph-nglui

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Man buys ancestral home, only to learn his family's cannibal history. Man goes mad while exploring catacombs and eats fellow explorer.

Answer: The Rats in the Walls

' These dreams were not wholesome...'

2. Tragedy befalls family after a strange entity takes up residence in their water well.

Answer: The Colour out of Space

'....the colour...it burns...cold an' wet, but it burns...'

3. Water-demons interbreed with the population of a small community. A traveler learns he is one of these cross-breeds.

Answer: The Shadow over Innsmouth

'Stupendous and unheard-of splendours await me below..'

4. Man learns that he is the descendant of an African ape-goddess.

Answer: Arthur Jermyn

'Madness was in all the Jermyns, and people were glad there were not many of them.'

5. An entire family degenerates into cannibal mole-people.

Answer: The Lurking Fear.

'(It was) the embodiment of all the snarling and chaos and grinning fear that lurk behind life.'

6. Man cheats death until a mechanical problem occurs.

Answer: Cool air

'..for you see I died that time eighteen years ago.'

7. Suicidal morphine addict recalls encounter with Philistine fish-god.

Answer: Dagon

' It is at night, especially when the moon is gibbous and waning, that I see the thing.'

8. Enough with the plot outlines. It's time for some actual questions. What planet does Lovecraft refer to as 'Yuggoth'?

Answer: Pluto

9. What ancient Arabic book dealt extensively with the Chthulhu mythos?

Answer: Necronomicon

Written by the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred.

10. In what sunken city does Chthulhu slumber?

Answer: R'lyeh

That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange eons even death may die.

Source: Author the-mulk

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