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H.P. Lovecraft Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about the life and work of H.P. Lovecraft?

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

Author
Maligo

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
34,290

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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1320

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Question 1 of 10

1. What young collaborator of Lovecraft finished some of his work after his death and is commonly recognized as the key force in keeping Lovecraft in print? Hint

Henry Kuttner

Clark Ashton Smith

August Derleth

Algernon Blackwood

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Question 2 of 10

2. The bulk of Lovecraft's work, in addition to the contributions of countless contemporaries and admirers', involves a shared world of powerful, monsterous beings. What is this world most commonly called? Hint

Cthulhu Mythos

Yig Mythos

Hastur Mythos

Wendigo Mythos

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Question 3 of 10

3. What fellow writer did Lovecraft 'kill' off in his 'The Haunter of the Dark'? Hint

Robert Bloch

Frank Belknap Long

Robert E. Howard

Donald Wandrei

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Question 4 of 10

4. What story did Lovecraft co-write with Harry Houdini? Hint

The Festival

Imprisoned with the Pharaohs

The Tomb

The Lurking Fear

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the ship that discovers great Cthulhu in 'The Call of Cthulhu'? Hint

Alert

Isleifer II

Clay

St. Brendan

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which was his first story according to Lovecraft? Hint

The Picture in the House

Cool Air

Hypnos

Dagon

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who did Lovecraft call his 'god of fiction'? Hint

Algernon Blackwood

Lord Dunsany

Robert W. Chambers

Edgar Allan Poe

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where was Lovecraft born? Hint

Boston

Providence

Hartford

Newport

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Question 9 of 10

9. Lovecraft opens his 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' with this famous quote. 'The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is the fear of the...'

Answer: (One word.)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What does the H.P. stand for?

Answer: (Two words.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What young collaborator of Lovecraft finished some of his work after his death and is commonly recognized as the key force in keeping Lovecraft in print?

Answer: August Derleth

A teenage Derleth began corresponding with Lovecraft. After his death, he took some of Lovecraft's incomplete works, finished them off and published them. Derleth helped found Arkham House and played a key role in keeping Lovecraft's work in print until it was discovered by a broader audience.

Answer: Cthulhu Mythos

Though Lovecraft never referred to it as such, the term Cthulhu Mythos has come to represent this body of work.

3. What fellow writer did Lovecraft 'kill' off in his 'The Haunter of the Dark'?

Answer: Robert Bloch

The thinly veiled character, Robert Blake meets his fate in The Haunter of the Dark. This was Lovecraft's literary counterpunch for Bloch's The Shambler from the Stars, in which a character hinted to be Lovecraft comes to his end. Both stories appeared in Weird Tales, Lovecraft's a year after Bloch's.

4. What story did Lovecraft co-write with Harry Houdini?

Answer: Imprisoned with the Pharaohs

5. What is the name of the ship that discovers great Cthulhu in 'The Call of Cthulhu'?

Answer: Alert

6. Which was his first story according to Lovecraft?

Answer: Dagon

According to Lovecraft's own chronology, Dagon came first in 1917. He admits to writing a great deal when he was much younger, but he destroyed all this work.

7. Who did Lovecraft call his 'god of fiction'?

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

While a fan of all four authors, Lovecraft reserved a special place in his regard for fellow American author Edgar Allan Poe.

8. Where was Lovecraft born?

Answer: Providence

Lovecraft was born in Providence, RI on August 20th, 1890.

Answer: unknown

10. What does the H.P. stand for?

Answer: Howard Phillips

Source: Author Maligo

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