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Haunted Characters Trivia Quiz

Movies, Dramas, Poems and Novels are all filled with tragic, haunted characters.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
89,345

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1718

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", Joe (the father) is haunted by guilt. What did he do? Hint

Secretly used drugs

Fled the country when things got rough for him

Knowingly dealt with defective products

Violated his sense of right-and-wrong by declaring bankruptcy

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Question 2 of 10

2. Josef K. is also haunted by guilt in Kafka's "The Trial". What did he do? Hint

Abandoned his family

He doesn't know what he did wrong

Drank to excess

Stole from his employer

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Question 3 of 10

3. In "The Stranger", (by Albert Camus), Meursault is haunted by a feeling of not belonging and of being different. What event (at the beginning of the novel) dramatizes this problem? Hint

The death of his mother

His fortieth birthday

Moving out of his childhood home

His impending wedding

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "The Tell-Tale Heart", Poe's protagonist is haunted by obsession -to the point of murder. Where does he hide the victim? Hint

In the attic

Under the floor

In the wine cellar

In the closet

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Question 5 of 10

5. Similarly, the protagonist in "The Collector" by John Fowles is haunted by an obsession. What does he collect? Hint

Women

Stamps

Weapons

Coins

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these plays by Eugene O'Neill deals with a heroine who is haunted by a murder that she must avenge? Hint

Mourning Becomes Electra

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Anna Christie

Strange Interlude

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Question 7 of 10

7. Thomas Hardy's "Mayor of Casterbridge" is a classic example of being haunted by your past (and paying for your mistakes). What did the main character do? Hint

Cheated on his wife

Killed his partner

Embezzled from his partner

Sold his wife

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Question 8 of 10

8. Raskolnikov is haunted by guilt for a crime that he has committed in Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Whom did he kill? Hint

His best friend

His wife

His landlady

His employer

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Question 9 of 10

9. The narrator in Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is haunted by the tale that the mariner tells him. How is the narrator identified? Hint

Mortician

Wedding guest

Doctor

Bar patron

10. Sometimes, one is haunted by events that are not of his making - he is a victim of circumstance. Who said: "The time is out of joint. O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right."? Hint

Hamlet

Macbeth

Othello

Romeo

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", Joe (the father) is haunted by guilt. What did he do?

Answer: Knowingly dealt with defective products

He left his partner holding the bag when he knowingly allowed planes (that would be used in combat) to be distributed with serious defects.
(In the end, he pays the ultimate price for his transgression.)

2. Josef K. is also haunted by guilt in Kafka's "The Trial". What did he do?

Answer: He doesn't know what he did wrong

Kafka's character has a pervasive sense of guilt - but he doesn't quite know why.

3. In "The Stranger", (by Albert Camus), Meursault is haunted by a feeling of not belonging and of being different. What event (at the beginning of the novel) dramatizes this problem?

Answer: The death of his mother

The first sentence of the novel announces his mother's death.

4. In "The Tell-Tale Heart", Poe's protagonist is haunted by obsession -to the point of murder. Where does he hide the victim?

Answer: Under the floor

He hears the heart beating under the floor - and flips out.

5. Similarly, the protagonist in "The Collector" by John Fowles is haunted by an obsession. What does he collect?

Answer: Women

6. Which of these plays by Eugene O'Neill deals with a heroine who is haunted by a murder that she must avenge?

Answer: Mourning Becomes Electra

One parent kills another in O'Neill's updating of Greek tragedy.

7. Thomas Hardy's "Mayor of Casterbridge" is a classic example of being haunted by your past (and paying for your mistakes). What did the main character do?

Answer: Sold his wife

There's no escape from the past.

8. Raskolnikov is haunted by guilt for a crime that he has committed in Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Whom did he kill?

Answer: His landlady

From that comes the guilt of murder and the fear of discovery.

9. The narrator in Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is haunted by the tale that the mariner tells him. How is the narrator identified?

Answer: Wedding guest

The wedding may have been more interesting than the poem - it was probably shorter.

10. Sometimes, one is haunted by events that are not of his making - he is a victim of circumstance. Who said: "The time is out of joint. O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right."?

Answer: Hamlet

One must avenge the murder of a father.

Source: Author robert362

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