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How well do you know your ghosts from literature?
In which Shakespearean play does the title character's father appear as a ghost seeking to be avenged?
Othello
MacBeth
Hamlet
Richard III
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In 'A Christmas Carol', Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner - what is his name?
Jacob Marley
Bob Cratchit
Charles Dickens
He is not named
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Progress: 3 of 12 questions
In Toni Morrison's 1987 novel 'Beloved' - who is Beloved supposedly the ghost of?
A school teacher
The protagonist - Sethe
Sethe's romantic partner
Seth's infant baby
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Who wrote 'The Turn of the Screw'?
Daphne Du Maurier
Charles Dickens
Henry James
George Eliot
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Progress: 5 of 12 questions
What is the name of the Governess in 'The Turn of the Screw'?
Emily
Flora
Jessica
She is unnamed
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Which novel describes an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the historic Overlook Hotel - a hotel that is rife with supernatural forces that threaten his wife and child.
The Shining
Dead Zone
Hell House
Doctor Sleep
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Which 1983 novel tells the story of Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor summoned to look after the affairs of the recently deceased Mrs. Alice Drablow at the secluded Eel Marsh House?
Bleak House
The Woman in Black
The Angel of Death
Ghost Story
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Progress: 8 of 12 questions
In which 1959 novel do four guests with experiences in the paranormal agree to stay in a haunted house, with tragic results.
Ghost Story
The Woman in Black
The Haunting of Hill House
The Angel of Death
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Progress: 9 of 12 questions
Who wrote 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'?
Charles Dickens
Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving
Edgar Allan Poe
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Which novel takes place in the fictional town of Milburn, New York, and is told from the alternating points of view of five men in their old age. The protagonists, lifelong friends who call themselves the "Chowder Society," gather periodically to reminisce and share ghost stories. When one of them dies suddenly, the surviving men find themselves haunted by dreams in which they also die.
Doctor Sleep
Ghost Story
In the Night Room
Desperation
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Progress: 11 of 12 questions
Who wrote 'The Canterville Ghost'?
Charles Dickens
Daphne Du Maurier
HG Wells
Oscar Wilde
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Progress: 12 of 12 questions
Who is the 'ghost' in 'The Lovely Bones'?
Abigail Salmon
Ruth Connors
Holiday, Susie's dog
Susie Salmon
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