Last week, I posted some Halloween-related literature questions to test your knowledge. Now that the happy holiday has arrived, so have the answers:
1. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, what kind of animal/creature was Shelob?
Giant spider (also acceptable: spider; evil in the form of a spider)
2. In Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, who does the Headless Horseman pursue through the night?
Ichabod Crane
3. According to Arthurian legends, this wizard served as Arthur’s advisor until the Lady of the Lake traps him.
Merlin (as read in T.H. White’s The Once and Future King or Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court)
4. Who conquers a group of fearsome monsters with one scary look, becoming King of the Wild Things?
Max (Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are)
5. In what Roald Dahl book does each witch make it a goal to vanquish at least one child a week?
The Witches
6. This hero’s parents died on Halloween, but he mysteriously survived and became known as “the boy who lived.”
Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling’s series)
7. He was a Transylvanian nobleman who lived in a decaying castle in the mountains and had three wives.
Dracula (Bram Stoker’s Dracula)
Congratulations to PG for getting all the correct answers!
yay me! I only looked online once and that was just to confirm my answer. honest.
i am guessing that the warm feeling inside if my prize.
PG – It is indeed your prize. Just think – not only did you get all the answers right, but you were first.
I’ll have to make the next one harder.