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These quizzes are on the series of books about the journey of the 'gunslinger', Roland Deschain, on his quest to reach a tower which is both a physical and a metaphorical entity. The series was inspired by a number of sources, including Robert Browning's poem 'Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came', Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings', general Arthurian legends, and Clint Eastwood's character in 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'.
43 quizzes and 602 trivia questions.
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  Stephen King's Dark Tower Series Test Your Knowledge   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A variety of questions about Stephen King's enthralling series, including several from a literary perspective.
Average, 15 Qns, skylarb, Dec 21 16
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  "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
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If you have not read "The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King, DO NOT take this quiz, it may contain spoilers. The quest for the Tower is one that should never be ruined. How much do you remember?
Average, 25 Qns, Sedgewick87, Dec 21 16
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  Dark Tower (I - IV) Vocabulary   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz contains some vocabulary, mannerisms, and High Speech used in Stephen King's first four Dark Tower books. Recommended only for those who have read through at least "Wizard and Glass". Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, MattH84, Dec 21 16
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  Char and the "Dark Tower" Series   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
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Roland's world only has one word for 'death', and that word is 'char'. See what you know about the friends and enemies that have been lost through the worlds of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Dec 21 16
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  Universal Themes of "The Dark Tower" 1-5   popular trivia quiz  
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Stephen King's broad themes and central characters are the nature of this quiz. Most are repeated in more than one volume. If you've read volumes 1-5, you'll do well. Just think universal themes of strife and quest.
Easier, 10 Qns, Godwit, Dec 21 16
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  Dark Tower Crossovers   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Connecting other Stephen King stories to his Magnum Opus: "The Dark Tower".
Tough, 10 Qns, D-Fowl, Dec 21 16
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  Dark Tower I - IV    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is a quiz based upon the first four books in the 'Dark Tower' series by Stephen King.
Average, 15 Qns, dlamonica, Dec 21 16
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  10 Question Stephen King's Dark Tower Series Quiz    
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These questions are taken from the actual Dark Tower books: 'The Gunslinger', 'The Drawing of The Three', 'The Wastelands', 'Wizard and Glass'. Enjoy!
Difficult, 10 Qns, bethbrew, Dec 21 16
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  Characters From Stephen King's "Dark Tower" Series   popular trivia quiz  
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If you're an avid "Dark Tower" fan this should be easy for you.
Average, 25 Qns, kanehgurl, Oct 19 23
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  Another Quiz About 'The Dark Tower' Series    
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Here are even more questions about 'The Dark Tower' series. Have fun! Please be aware that this quiz contains spoilers.
Average, 10 Qns, courters83, Dec 21 16
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trivia question Quick Question
There are many other Callas this close to End-world, but our fifth book takes place in just one. Which is it?

From Quiz ""The Dark Tower" by Stephen King"




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  Roland's Ka-Tet    
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 10 Qns
Roland Deschain is the main character in Stephen King's magnum opus work, "The Dark Tower." How much do you know about the very special group that forms his ka-tet?
Average, 10 Qns, kstyle53, Dec 21 16
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  Stephen King's "Dark Tower"    
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Pretty much a spoiler free quiz, so if you haven't completed your journey to the tower or just curious feel free to test your Mid-World knowledge.
Average, 10 Qns, Ka-Tet, Jan 18 19
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Jan 18 19
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  Stephen King's "Dark Tower" Pop-Culture References    
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Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series includes numerous references to general pop-culture and other works by the author. Can you identify some of the more major and minor instances of these crossovers?
Average, 10 Qns, ScaryKoolaid, Dec 21 16
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  Come-commala to "The Dark Tower"    
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This is my first quiz for my favorite author, Stephen King. I'll say which book each question is from; I hope you enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, kwcmom, Dec 21 16
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  Dark Tower Series (all 7 books)   popular trivia quiz  
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This is a pretty easy quiz over the Dark Tower Series.
Average, 10 Qns, Vwondola, Dec 21 16
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  The Dark Tower Series    
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Think you know all about Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series? Take this quiz and find out! WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS.
Average, 10 Qns, courters83, Mar 28 17
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  Obscure "Dark Tower" Trivia    
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This quiz involves some rather obscure events, people, and things in the "Dark Tower" series, from "The Gunslinger", all the way to the final volume, "The Dark Tower", and some other works of King that relate to it. Beware: Spoilers ahead!
Difficult, 10 Qns, Homsarroks, Dec 21 16
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  "Dark Tower" Books    
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Stephen King's "Dark Tower" books are, without any doubt, his crowning achievement. But how much attention did you pay while reading them?
Average, 10 Qns, MJM_JAM, Dec 21 16
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  America-Side in "The Dark Tower"    
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While most of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series takes place in a world that has moved on, much of it is set in the United States of the 20th century. How much do you remember about the people and events from America-side?
Tough, 15 Qns, chooken, Dec 21 16
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  'The Dark Tower' - Books 1 & 2    
Multiple Choice
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Test your knowledge the first two installments of Stephen King's 'Dark Tower' series.
Average, 15 Qns, jeanni123, Dec 21 16
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  "Dark Tower" Dialect    
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There are many different dialects and slang terms used in Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series - some from our own world, some not. Do you remember what all the words mean?
Average, 15 Qns, chooken, Dec 21 16
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  Blaine The Mono    
Multiple Choice
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Blaine the Mono is the monorail that appears in "The Waste Lands" and in "Wizard and Glass".
Average, 10 Qns, SirCheesey, Dec 19 18
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Dec 19 18
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  Pop Culture in Stephen King's "Dark Tower"    
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How well do you remember the pop-culture references made throughout Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series?
Average, 10 Qns, chooken, Dec 21 16
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Dark Tower Series Trivia Questions

1. Select the correct word to complete the opening sentence of the first book: "The Man in Black fled across the desert and The Gunslinger _____."

From Quiz
Stephen King's "Dark Tower"

Answer: Followed

From Book One, "The Gunslinger", first line from the first book for the first question. The Man in Black goes by many names; some readers would know him as Flagg. Roland Deschain is The Gunslinger, the last of an ancient order of Knights, protectors of the white. The Man in Black promises to show the way to "The Dark Tower", only if The Gunslinger can catch him.

2. Blaine uses what type of engine?

From Quiz Blaine The Mono

Answer: Slo-Trans

Blaine's Slo-trans engines can, while running on batteries, reach speeds of over 900 mph. They are often described as emitting a faint humming noise.

3. "Delah" is a word often accompanied by a wave of the hand, but what does it mean?

From Quiz "Dark Tower" Dialect

Answer: Many

Delah is a word from the Gilead High Speech, which Roland uses numerous times throughout the series.

4. What does the name 'Shardik' inexplicably remind Eddie of?

From Quiz Pop Culture in Stephen King's "Dark Tower"

Answer: Rabbits

Shardik's name comes from a novel by Richard Adams - the author of rabbit-themed book 'Watership Down'.

5. "The Gunslinger" begins our quest, but who is it Roland is chasing across the desert?

From Quiz "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King

Answer: The Man in Black

"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed" is the first line of this very long quest for the fabled Dark Tower.

6. "Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger" What was the name of the man in Tull who The Man In Black brought back to life?

From Quiz Come-commala to "The Dark Tower"

Answer: Nort

Sheb is the man who owns the bar, Zoltan's the name of the raven The Gunslinger saw at the dwellers' hut in the desert, and Jude is the name of the song that's playing when The Gunslinger first goes into the bar.

7. In what King book are we first introduced (albeit briefly) to Patrick Danville?

From Quiz Dark Tower Crossovers

Answer: Insomnia

Young Patrick (not mute at the time) is the boy that Clotho and Lachesis want Ralph to save. He is painting a picture of a man in a field of roses underneath the Dark Tower. He wants to tell his mom "Him's names Roland mommy and him's a king too."

8. One death that impacted Roland throughout the first few books in the series was the death of Jake Chambers, the boy he met in the desert. Before dropping to his fate, what was the last thing that Jake said?

From Quiz Char and the "Dark Tower" Series

Answer: "There are other worlds than these!"

After taking the boy along with him during his chase for Walter O'Dim (the Man in Black), Roland had bonded with Jake Chambers. It was a big shock and a sad ending for the gunslinger in the end of the first book, and Jake's last words haunted Roland through the rest of his quest. It wasn't until the third book ("The Wastelands") that Jake returned to Roland and Mid-World to become a gunslinger.

9. Who is the main character in the "Dark Tower" series?

From Quiz Characters From Stephen King's "Dark Tower" Series

Answer: Roland Deschain

Susan was Roland's first love, Eddie is the first person Roland brings through the doors on the beach, and Randall is the evil magician.

10. What was the name of the witch who had the pink Wizard's Glass?

From Quiz Dark Tower Series (all 7 books)

Answer: Rhea of the Coos

Jonas the Elder had entrusted it to her.

11. After drawing Susannah and Eddie into his world Roland comes across another door on the beach. Who is the person behind this door?

From Quiz Another Quiz About 'The Dark Tower' Series

Answer: Jack Mort

Jack Mort is an important character in the series in that he is the one responsible for Odetta's multiple personality syndrome (which is caused when he pushes a brick out of a window and it lands on her head) and for her missing legs (he pushes Odetta in front of a moving train). However, he does not become a part of the ka-tet. Roland pushes him in front of the same train that Odetta was pushed in front of and he dies. Odetta and Detta are then forced to acknowledge each other's presence and combine to become Susannah.

12. Who does Susannah refer to as 'the Great Lost character?'

From Quiz The Dark Tower Series

Answer: Bango Skank

Bango Skank is a character that Peter Straub originally intended to use in 'The Talisman' but chose not to in the end. Who exactly Bango Skank is is never fully explained in the 'The Dark Tower' series. He is known by the graffiti messages that the ka-tet find occasionally throughout the books.

13. Let us start with the first book. What was the name of the village Roland arrived in at the beginning of the book?

From Quiz "Dark Tower" Books

Answer: Tull

When the Gunslinger arrives at the town he rests his mule. Later the mule dies and his eyes are eaten by Zoltan the raven.

14. What type of bird is Zoltan - the strange companion of Brown, the farmer?

From Quiz 'The Dark Tower' - Books 1 & 2

Answer: Raven

Zoltan liked to chant, "Beans, beans, the musical fruit, the more you eat, the more you toot."

15. The Dark Tower series was inspired by a poem written by whom?

From Quiz Stephen King's Dark Tower Series

Answer: Robert Browning

Robert Browning, husband of fellow Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, wrote the poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came".

16. What does "khef" mean?

From Quiz Dark Tower (I - IV) Vocabulary

Answer: Life

Introduced in "The Gunslinger", (book 1) "khef" means several things, "life" being among them. Roland is referred to as having progressed through levels of the khef, therefore meaning that he moved through stages of his life. Freedom, desert, and wisdom have nothing to do with khef, however.

17. In 'Wizard and Glass', what alias does Roland use on his trip to Hambry?

From Quiz Dark Tower I - IV

Answer: William Dearborn

Roland goes by the name William Dearborn when sent to Hambry.

18. What is the name given to Eddie Dean's Deceased sister in 'The Drawing of the Three', and the totally different name given to her in 'The Wastelands'?

From Quiz Stephen King's Dark Tower Series

Answer: Selina, Gloria

In 'Drawing of the Three', Eddie gives brief mention of his deceased sister, then Selina. In 'The Wastelands', he thinks about his brother Henry having to watch out for him because of his sister's death, when there was no one to 'Watch Out For Gloria'.

19. Where does the stand alone "Wind Through The Keyhole" (released well after the final book) fit chronologically?

From Quiz Stephen King's "Dark Tower"

Answer: Between Book Four, "Wizard and Glass", and Book Five, "Wolves of the Calla"

"The Wind through The Keyhole" is a story within a story within a story. If you are going to read just one "Dark Tower" book, give this one a go. You can read it at any stage, but it picks up after the conclusion of "Wizard and Glass".

20. As we learn more about Roland Deschaine, it becomes clear that the city which he called home, his lineage, and his role as a gunslinger all derive from a specific, non-King created myth. Which mythology are these aspects of Roland derived from?

From Quiz Stephen King's "Dark Tower" Pop-Culture References

Answer: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Roland's mythos is based heavily in Arthurian legend. Stephen King does not even attempt to hide this, as Roland's descended from the first king of All-World, Arthur Eld, who used his sword, Excalibur, to help him bring order to the realm. Excalibur itself provided the metal used to forge the guns which Roland now bears. The Man in Black is a direct descendant of Maerlyn the Magician.

21. Throughout the series, Roland and his ka-tet grow closer together and become like a family. Which member of the ka-tet had an older biological brother named Henry?

From Quiz Roland's Ka-Tet

Answer: Eddie

Eddie grows up idolizing his brother, even though his brother is an extremely negative influence on him. Despite having an affection for his little brother, Henry becomes easily jealous of Eddie's talents and is verbally abusive towards Eddie. It is Henry's downward spiral into drug addiction that ultimately leads to Eddie getting addicted himself and getting involved in other illegal activities. Eddie is able to put his addiction behind him and become a true gunslinger. However, he is unable to completely get rid of his brother's negative influence, as he can often hear Henry's voice taunting him when Eddie is in stressful situations that cause him to doubt himself.

22. In volume 4 Roland tells his friends the story of his first love. It happened when he was still in his teens. Roland fell deeply in love with Susan Delgado, and she with him. What was her fate?

From Quiz Universal Themes of "The Dark Tower" 1-5

Answer: Burned at the stake

"Roland I love thee!" were Susan's last words as she burned at the stake. Her aunt and the ancient witch Rhea set her up. Roland helplessly watched her burn from the pink flush of a glass globe, called the Wizard's Glass.

23. What is Blaine's 'alter ego' known as?

From Quiz Blaine The Mono

Answer: Little Blaine

Little Blaine was first intended to be the announcer to the cabin, but now gives unhelpful advice to Roland and his Ka-tet. Big Blaine does not seem to notice Little Blaine.

24. Reverend Harrigan is the twin of one of the Calla-folk. Who is his Calla counterpart?

From Quiz America-Side in "The Dark Tower"

Answer: Henchick of the Manni

Harrigan is the street preacher Jake, Callahan, and later Mia and Susannah, meet in New York. He's the spitting image of Henchick, though I'd be surprised if Henchick ever said anything about God Bombs.

25. Two people throughout the series are referred to as "dan-tete". What sort of person would they be?

From Quiz "Dark Tower" Dialect

Answer: Little Saviour

A word use to refer to both Mordred - the 'little saviour' or child god of End-World - and John Cullum, who rescues Eddie and Roland from Balazar's men.

26. When the ka-tet stand against the Wolves, what other fictional ka-tet does Eddie notice they are mirroring?

From Quiz Pop Culture in Stephen King's "Dark Tower"

Answer: Magnificent Seven

When our ka-tet joins with Zalia, Margaret and Rosa to fight on the road, Roland simply notes that seven is a good number - but Eddie picks up the similarities. "The Magnificent Seven" is a remake of "Seven Samurai".

27. Later in "The Gunslinger" After a long trek across the desert, Roland finds a small town which he later massacres in self defense. The town he enters is called what?

From Quiz "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King

Answer: Tull

In Tull, Roland meets Allie. He sleeps with her and almost begins to fall for her it seems. This only lasts until he kills Sylvia Pittstons' demon, causing the rest of the town to try and kill him. You can't stop the Gunslinger.

28. "The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger" What didn't The Gunslinger see in his vision during his palaver with the Man In Black?

From Quiz Come-commala to "The Dark Tower"

Answer: Doors

In his vision he saw the world being formed from the beginning. Plants first, then dinosaurs. He saw continents formed, then rose through the clouds above the atmosphere and saw the other planets of the universe.

29. The Number 19 first played an important role in what story?

From Quiz Dark Tower Crossovers

Answer: Bag of Bones

The number 19 appears throughout the book to help Mike Noonan solve the mystery about Sarah Laughs.

30. One man impacted the lives of more than one member of the ka-tet. In New York, one person was responsible for killing Jake and for making Susannah lose her legs. What is this man's name?

From Quiz Char and the "Dark Tower" Series

Answer: Jack Mort

In "The Drawing of the Three", Roland enters the third door on the beach labeled "The Pusher" and is placed into the mind of Jack Mort. Despite the fact that he killed Jake the first time, Roland manages to throw Jack Mort onto some train tracks before escaping his mind. In "The Wastelands", Jake also notices Jack Mort in new York before returning to Mid-World via Dutch Hill.

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