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Quiz about Frightening Folks Vampires in Legend

Frightening Folks: Vampires in Legend Quiz

A quiz on vampires in folk belief. No Bela Lugosis or Brad Pitts here--people were really scared of the "real thing"!

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

Author
stuthehistoryguy

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
185,900

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Serbian folk belief includes this creature, whose name literally means "wolf coat". Hint

Hajduk

Karadjordje

Vukodlak

Lupmaje

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 1732, Austrian medical officers published a well-received account of a Serbian vampire who terrorized a small village. What was this vampire's name? Hint

Milos Obrenovic

Knez Bogosav

Marko Kraljevic

Arnold Paole

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following is a vampire hunter according to Romani (Gypsy) tradition? Hint

Kudlak

Dhampir

Janissary

All of These

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Question 4 of 10

4. Prohibitions against hunting vampires were enacted by which of the following leaders? Hint

English King George IV

Austrian Empress Maria Theresa

All of These

Serbian Tsar Stephen Dusan

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 1691, a priest serving in Poland asked the authorities at this institution for guidance in dealing with a vampire epidemic in Poland. Hint

Oxford University

The Sorbonne

The Vatican

The Metropolitan of Kiev

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the eighteenth century, reports of vampires were rampant throughout Europe. Which Enlightenment figure dismissed vampirism in his published writings? Hint

All of These

Rousseau

Voltaire

Diderot

7. The seminal book of folklore scholarship, J. G. Frazer's "The Golden Bough", makes little mention of vampires, saying only that villagers in one Slavic nation would build fires to keep them away. To which Slavs did Frazer refer? Hint

Poles

Bulgarians

Serbs

Kashubes

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 1892, suspected vampire Mercy Brown was exhumed. Her heart was burned and the ashes fed to her presumed victim. Where did this abominable incident take place? Hint

India

Australia

Innesfree, Ireland

Rhode Island

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Question 9 of 10

9. What great folklorist and American Philosophical Society inductee defined the vampire as a "corpse which comes from the grave at night and sucks blood"? Hint

Stith Thompson

Richard Dorson

Washington Irving

Alan Dundes

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Question 10 of 10

10. This medieval chronicler mentions several vampire-like creatures in twelfth-century England. Hint

Venerable Bede

William of Newburgh

Matthew Paris

Geoffrey of Monmouth

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Serbian folk belief includes this creature, whose name literally means "wolf coat".

Answer: Vukodlak

A "Hajduk" is a Serbian bandit. In some instances, hajduks were believed to return from the dead as vampires. Karadjordje was himself a hajduk who led the fight for Serb independence in the early nineteenth century. "Lupmaje" is a made-up word out of my own twisted little head.

2. In 1732, Austrian medical officers published a well-received account of a Serbian vampire who terrorized a small village. What was this vampire's name?

Answer: Arnold Paole

Milos Obrenovic was the first King of modern Serbia. Marko Kraljevic was a legendary hero of late medieval Serbia and is celebrated in many folk ballads, as is the legendary village chief Knez Bogosav.

3. Which of the following is a vampire hunter according to Romani (Gypsy) tradition?

Answer: Dhampir

A kudlak is a vampiric creature hunted by his son, the krinsk, in Slavic tradition. Janissaries were Christian children converted to Islam by the Ottoman Turks and entrusted with the security of the Ottoman Balkan empire.

4. Prohibitions against hunting vampires were enacted by which of the following leaders?

Answer: All of These

Unlike witch hunts, vampire hunts have always been folk affairs, rarely if ever receiving any kind of official sanction.

5. In 1691, a priest serving in Poland asked the authorities at this institution for guidance in dealing with a vampire epidemic in Poland.

Answer: The Sorbonne

The learned fathers informed the priest that there was no such thing as vampires!

6. In the eighteenth century, reports of vampires were rampant throughout Europe. Which Enlightenment figure dismissed vampirism in his published writings?

Answer: All of These

Diderot and Voltaire were horrified that such a superstition would be popular in their "Age of Reason", and said so in the "Encyclopedia" and "Philosophical Dictionary", respectively. In his open letter to Archbishop Beaumont, Rousseau dismissed the vampire as unbelievable no matter how many reputable people said otherwise.

Answer: Bulgarians

This extensive work was a compilation from sources all over the world. The absence of vampires therein is curious, since one of Frazer's central problems is "ressurection".

8. In 1892, suspected vampire Mercy Brown was exhumed. Her heart was burned and the ashes fed to her presumed victim. Where did this abominable incident take place?

Answer: Rhode Island

Yes, America has harbored vampire beliefs, too!

9. What great folklorist and American Philosophical Society inductee defined the vampire as a "corpse which comes from the grave at night and sucks blood"?

Answer: Stith Thompson

This is entry E 251 in Thompson's "Motif-Index of Folk Literature". This index is a required reference for any folklore study.

10. This medieval chronicler mentions several vampire-like creatures in twelfth-century England.

Answer: William of Newburgh

Given the relative isolation of England from the Slavic territories in this period, these stories suggest that remarkably similar vampire beliefs have arisen in several cultures independently.

Source: Author stuthehistoryguy

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