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All the Tales
Victorian Ghost Stories · Le Fanu, Dickens, James, Stevenson, Conan Doyle and Gilman
All the Tales Quiz
Twenty questions across all nine tales: their writers, their ghosts and their ideas.
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Q1
of 20
Who wrote "The Signal-Man"?
A
Henry James
B
Charles Dickens
C
Bram Stoker
D
Wilkie Collins
Q2
of 20
Which writer has three tales in this set?
A
Henry James
B
Arthur Conan Doyle
C
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
D
Robert Louis Stevenson
Q3
of 20
Who wrote "Markheim"?
A
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
B
Arthur Conan Doyle
C
Charles John Huffam Dickens
D
Robert Louis Stevenson
Q4
of 20
Which famous detective did the author of "Lot No. 249" create?
A
Sherlock Holmes
B
Auguste Dupin
C
Hercule Poirot
D
Father Brown
Q5
of 20
Which two tales are about Egyptian mummies?
A
Markheim and The Signal-Man
B
Owen Wingrave and Sir Edmund Orme
C
Old Clothes and Sir Robert Ardagh
D
The Ring of Thoth and Lot No. 249
Q6
of 20
Which tale is often read as a protest against the treatment of women?
A
The Ring of Thoth
B
The Signal-Man
C
The Yellow Wallpaper
D
The Romance of Certain Old Clothes
Q7
of 20
In which tale is the ghost's warning about a future accident?
A
The Signal-Man
B
Owen Wingrave
C
Markheim
D
Lot No. 249
Q8
of 20
In which tale does a dead sister take revenge?
A
The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh
B
Sir Edmund Orme, by Henry James
C
The Romance of Certain Old Clothes
D
The Yellow Wallpaper, by Gilman
Q9
of 20
In which tale does a ghost punish a mother through her daughter?
A
Owen Wingrave
B
Sir Edmund Orme
C
The Yellow Wallpaper
D
The Signal-Man
Q10
of 20
In which tale does the main character refuse a family tradition of war?
A
Markheim
B
Owen Wingrave
C
Lot No. 249
D
Sir Edmund Orme
Q11
of 20
Which tale is a murderer's conversation with something like his own conscience?
A
The Signal-Man
B
Sir Robert Ardagh
C
Markheim
D
The Ring of Thoth
Q12
of 20
Who wrote "The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh"?
A
Bram Stoker
B
Sheridan Le Fanu
C
Oscar Wilde
D
William Butler Yeats
Q13
of 20
What hint does the Ardagh legend give about Sir Robert's wealth?
A
A treasure found in the castle well
B
A rich marriage in the colonies
C
A lucky ticket in a great lottery
D
A bargain with a sinister stranger
Q14
of 20
How is "The Yellow Wallpaper" told?
A
As a secret journal
B
As a letter to John
C
As a doctor's report
D
As a trial record
Q15
of 20
What does the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" see behind the pattern?
A
Her husband's face watching
B
A small child crying for help
C
A woman trapped and creeping
D
A door to a hidden attic room
Q16
of 20
What do most of these tales have in common?
A
They are all set in ruined castles
B
They all end happily for the heroes
C
They are all solved by a detective
D
The uncanny breaks into ordinary life
Q17
of 20
In which decade were most of these tales published?
A
The 1790s
B
The 1920s
C
The 1890s
D
The 1950s
Q18
of 20
Where does Owen Wingrave's formidable aunt live in London?
A
Harley Street
B
Pall Mall
C
Mayfair
D
Baker Street
Q19
of 20
Which tale has a mummy that walks the lanes of Oxford at night?
A
The Ring of Thoth
B
Lot No. 249
C
Owen Wingrave
D
Markheim
Q20
of 20
Which writer here was an American?
A
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
B
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
C
Charles Dickens
D
Robert Louis Stevenson