Quiz about Quotes From Stephen King Novels And Short Stories

Quotes From Stephen King Novels And Short Stories Quiz

This quiz contains quotes from the works of Stephen King, both novels and short stories. I provide the quotes and you decide which story each is from.

A multiple-choice quiz by DillPickle. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
DillPickle

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
47,784

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
7525

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: rashana (7/20), Guest 174 (20/20), Guest 79 (8/20).

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1. 'And that was how Louis met Judson Crandell, the man who should have been his father.' Hint

'Pet Sematary'

'Dreamcatcher'

'Carrie'

'The Shining'

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2. 'I was surprised, maybe even stunned, but the idea that Johanna Arlen Noonan might have been leading another life, one I knew nothing about, never crossed my mind.' Hint

'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon'

'The Shining'

'Bag of Bones'

'Rose Madder'

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3. 'It's aggravations I mostly want to talk about-- can you sit a spell with me?' Hint

'Salem's Lot'

'Needful Things'

'Carrie'

'Dreamcatcher'

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4. 'We want to die, that's why we're doing it. Why else, Garraty? Why else?' Hint

'Trucks'

'The Mangler'

'Rage'

'The Long Walk'

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5. 'Get up, woman. Let's us get in and pray. Let's us pray to Jesus for our woman-weak, wicked, sinning souls.' Hint

'Carrie'

'Misery'

'Rose Madder'

'Delores Claiborne'

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6. 'Come here, you pup! Come here and take it like a man!' Hint

'The Stand'

'Christine'

'IT'

'The Shining'

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7. 'The morning I got it on was nice; a nice May morning.' Hint

'The Mist'

'Rage'

'The Breathing Method'

'Apt Pupil'

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8. 'She was a bad joke, and what Arnie saw in her that day I'll never know.' Hint

'Rose Madder'

'Christine'

'Salem's Lot'

'Hearts in Atlantis'

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9. 'I will see you sleep like the dead, teacher.' Hint

'Salem's Lot'

'Needful Things'

'The Dark Half'

'Bag of Bones'

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10. 'We all float down here. When you are down here, you'll float too.' Hint

'Pet Sematary'

'Dreamcatcher'

'IT'

'Bag of Bones'

11. 'What he did later he did with no conscious thought of the future or consequences. He did it in much the same spirit that he had bought the two guns at Harvey's Gun Shop a month earlier.' Hint

'Rage'

'Roadwork'

'The Shining'

'Apt Pupil'

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12. 'I spent all morning carrying chunks of asphalt up from the ditch and placing them back into the trench...' Hint

'Dolan's Cadillac'

'The Running Man'

'The Dead Zone'

'Roadwork'

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13. 'Thinking about Duddits always made him feel good.' Hint

'Popsy'

'The Dark Half'

'Dreamcatcher'

'Rage'

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14. 'He clawed the rocks out, and most he simply pushed aside along with the growing pile of stony dirt. But some of them he saved. For the cairn.' Hint

'The Green Mile'

'Rage'

'Christine'

'Pet Sematary'

NEXT>

15. 'His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere.' Hint

'Salem's Lot'

'The Dark Half'

'Popsy'

'The Stand'

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16. 'There's a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America, I guess---I'm the guy who can get it for you.' Hint

'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption'

'IT'

'The Breathing Method'

'Home Delivery'

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17. 'Maybe they were able to do something with his feet later. Maybe they were.' Hint

'Home Delivery'

'The Running Man'

'The Long Walk'

'The Tommyknockers'

NEXT>

18. 'Unmask!' 'Unmask!' Hint

'The Dark Half'

'Cujo'

'Carrie'

'The Shining'

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19. 'Beep Beep, Richie.' Hint

'Christine'

'The Body'

'IT'

'Cujo'

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20. 'I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.' Hint

'IT'

'Christine'

'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon'

'The Body'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'And that was how Louis met Judson Crandell, the man who should have been his father.'

Answer: 'Pet Sematary'

Louis Creed meets the man who should have been his father in 'Pet Sematary'.

2. 'I was surprised, maybe even stunned, but the idea that Johanna Arlen Noonan might have been leading another life, one I knew nothing about, never crossed my mind.'

Answer: 'Bag of Bones'

Mike Noonan reflects on the death of his wife in 'Bag of Bones.'

3. 'It's aggravations I mostly want to talk about-- can you sit a spell with me?'

Answer: 'Needful Things'

An old-timer amuses a visitor with tales of recent happenings in 'Needful Things'.

4. 'We want to die, that's why we're doing it. Why else, Garraty? Why else?'

Answer: 'The Long Walk'

Stebbins explains to Garraty why they all joined the Walk in 'The Long Walk'. (From 'The Bachman Books')

5. 'Get up, woman. Let's us get in and pray. Let's us pray to Jesus for our woman-weak, wicked, sinning souls.'

Answer: 'Carrie'

Carrie White's mother insists they pray and repent of the sin of menstruation in 'Carrie'.

6. 'Come here, you pup! Come here and take it like a man!'

Answer: 'The Shining'

Jack Torrance resolves to teach his son a lesson in 'The Shining'.

7. 'The morning I got it on was {nice;} a nice May morning.'

Answer: 'Rage'

Charles Decker slowly loses his sanity in 'Rage'. (From 'The Bachman Books'.)

8. 'She was a bad joke, and what Arnie saw in her that day I'll never know.'

Answer: 'Christine'

It is love at first sight when Arnie sees 'Christine'.

9. 'I will see you sleep like the dead, teacher.'

Answer: 'Salem's Lot'

Mike Ryerson wants to repay Matthew Burke's hospitality in 'Salem's Lot'.

10. 'We all float down here. When you are down here, you'll float too.'

Answer: 'IT'

Pennywise the clown has a balloon for you in 'IT'.

11. 'What he did later he did with no conscious thought of the future or consequences. He did it in much the same spirit that he had bought the two guns at Harvey's Gun Shop a month earlier.'

Answer: 'Roadwork'

Bart Dawes decides to protest the demolition of his neighborhood and home in 'Roadwork'. (From 'The Bachman Books'.)

12. 'I spent all morning carrying chunks of asphalt up from the ditch and placing them back into the trench...'

Answer: 'Dolan's Cadillac'

Robinson avenges his wife's murder in a most peculiar manner in 'Dolan's Cadillac'. (From 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes'.)

13. 'Thinking about Duddits always made him feel good.'

Answer: 'Dreamcatcher'

Duddits, as Douglas calls himself in 'Dreamcatcher' has Down's Syndrome.

14. 'He clawed the rocks out, and most he simply pushed aside along with the growing pile of stony dirt. But some of them he saved. For the cairn.'

Answer: 'Pet Sematary'

Louis Creed buries his son, Gage, in the 'Pet Sematary'.

15. 'His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere.'

Answer: 'The Stand'

Tom Cullen, under hypnosis, tells the others about The Dark Man in 'The Stand'.

16. 'There's a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America, I guess---I'm the guy who can get it for you.'

Answer: 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption'

Ellis Redding introduces himself in 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption'. (From 'Different Seasons'.)

17. 'Maybe they were able to do something with his feet later. Maybe they were.'

Answer: 'The Long Walk'

Stebbins horrifies the 'muskateers' with stories of past contestants in 'The Long Walk'. (From 'The Bachman Books'.)

18. 'Unmask!' 'Unmask!'

Answer: 'The Shining'

The ghostly costume ball comes to a conclusion at the the Overlook Hotel in 'The Shining.'

19. 'Beep Beep, Richie.'

Answer: 'IT'

The loser's club members 'beep beep' Richie to shut him up when his voices or jokes get annoying in 'IT'.

20. 'I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.'

Answer: 'The Body'

Gordon Lachance reflects on his childhood in 'The Body'. (From 'Different Seasons'.)

Source: Author DillPickle

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