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10 Questions about Misery | Literature

Ten questions on Stephen King's "Misery" of average difficulty.

A multiple-choice quiz by 142857. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
142857

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
82,762

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
2643

Last 3 plays: Guest 47 (5/10), Guest 73 (6/10), fashionqueen86 (2/10).

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1. What was the name of the medication given to Paul Sheldon?

Answer: (One Word)

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2. What letter was missing from Paul's Royal typewriter the day it was given to him?

Answer: (One Letter, obviously)

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3. What did Paul Sheldon first say to Annie Wilkes? Hint

"Who are you?"

"What are you doing?"

"What have you done?"

"Where am I?"

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4. Paul Sheldon compares Annie Wilkes to a graven image worshipped by superstitious African tribes in a novel by what author? Hint

H. Rider Haggard

Harry Adam Knight

John D. MacDonald

Richard Bachman

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5. The day after Paul Sheldon was locked in the basement of Annie Wilkes, he took two capsules of his usual medication and washed them down with what?

Answer: (One Word)

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6. What was the name of the game Paul Sheldon kept making references to while describing the creative process? Hint

Monopoly

Pictionary

Clue

Can You

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7. Who was the Sheriff's Office spokesman when Annie Wilkes was being questioned about the infant deaths? Hint

Kay Armstrong

Gedalia Campbell

Tamara Kinsolving

Decia Sleet

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8. "Oh, no! That would have been like junking an expensive car just because of a broken ______."

Answer: (One Word)

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9. Who said the following: "Writing does not cause misery, it is born of misery." This was not said by a character in the book. Hint

Descartes

Montaigne

Hugo

Champlain

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10. When did Stephen King begin this book? Hint

September 21st, 1984

September 24th, 1984

September 22nd, 1984

September 23rd, 1984

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the medication given to Paul Sheldon?

Answer: Novril

Just after the acknowledgments, Stephen King wrote "There is, of course, no such drug as Novril, but there are several codeine-based drugs similar to it, and unfortunately, hospital pharmacies and medical dispensaries are sometimes lax in keeping such drugs under tight lock and close inventory."

2. What letter was missing from Paul's Royal typewriter the day it was given to him?

Answer: n

Paul described the typewriter to be "grinning" at him, missing a "tooth" which was the letter "n".

3. What did Paul Sheldon first say to Annie Wilkes?

Answer: "Where am I?"

The answer to this question is Sidewinder, Colorado.

4. Paul Sheldon compares Annie Wilkes to a graven image worshipped by superstitious African tribes in a novel by what author?

Answer: H. Rider Haggard

5. The day after Paul Sheldon was locked in the basement of Annie Wilkes, he took two capsules of his usual medication and washed them down with what?

Answer: Pepsi

6. What was the name of the game Paul Sheldon kept making references to while describing the creative process?

Answer: Can You

7. Who was the Sheriff's Office spokesman when Annie Wilkes was being questioned about the infant deaths?

Answer: Tamara Kinsolving

8. "Oh, no! That would have been like junking an expensive car just because of a broken ______."

Answer: Spring

9. Who said the following: "Writing does not cause misery, it is born of misery." This was not said by a character in the book.

Answer: Montaigne

This quote was used at the beginning of the second section of the book, called "Misery".

10. When did Stephen King begin this book?

Answer: September 23rd, 1984

Stephen King began this book in Lovell, Maine, and finished it in Bangor, Maine, on October 7th, 1986. This can be found at the end of the book, and written after it is "Now my tale is told."

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