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1. Miss Vanessa Ives is the main character of "Penny Dreadful", a woman with supernatural powers who connects the other characters. She identifies with a venomous animal and uses it in magical rituals. Which of these is Miss Ives' "spirit animal"?

Answer: scorpion

Miss Ives was tutored in magic by Joan Clayton, the Cut-Wife of Ballentree Moor. Vanessa also spent months in an asylum, and the orderly that cared for her there eventually became Frankenstein's first successfully re-animated creature.

Eva Green played Vanessa Ives. Patti LuPone played Joan Clayton as well as her distant relative Dr. Seward.

2. The mansion of Sir Malcolm Murray in London is the primary setting for the series, serving as home and sanctuary for many of the characters. His quest for his missing daughter is a major plot in the first season of the show. What is his daughter's name?

Answer: Mina

Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker (n�e Murray) is a character from "Dracula" by Bram Stioker (1897). "Penny Dreadful" embellishes the character by giving her a famous explorer as a father, and Miss Vanessa Ives as a best friend from childhood.

Sir Malcom Murray is an African explorer. He feels responsible for the death of his son, which happened while they were on an expedition. He had an affair with Vanessa's mother, and is estranged from his wife.

Sir Malcolm Murray was played by Timothy Dalton. Olivia Llewellyn played Mina Harker.

3. Things can get hairy when hunting monsters, so Miss Ives enlists American sharpshooter Ethan Chandler for some "night work". But Ethan is more than just a gunslinger: he has supernatural powers. What sort of creature is Ethan?

Answer: werewolf

Ethan Chandler's real name is Ethan Lawrence Talbot, and he is trying to escape his past in England. Ethan received his lycanthropy from his Apache "father", Kaetenay.

Lawrence Stewart "Larry" Talbot was the name of the main character in the 1941 film "The Wolf Man".

Ethan Chandler was played by Josh Hartnett.

4. Not only does Victor Frankenstein reanimate corpses, but he also works with another character to perfect a cure for mental illness by eliminating the "beast" within. Who is this other character?

Answer: Henry Jekyll

Dr. Jekyll is from India, and resents his aristocratic father for abandoning his mother. Despite working with Frankenstein on a chemical treatment for psychosis, he never transforms into a traditional version of Mr. Hyde. Instead, when his father dies (off screen), Henry assumes the title of "Lord Hyde".

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, from "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" (1818, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley), was played by Harry Treadaway.

Shazad Latif played Henry Jekyll, from "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1886, by Robert Louis Stevenson).

5. Dr. Frankenstein's first re-animated creature eventually names himself after the poet John Clare. What Shakespearean name was he given when he worked as a stage hand at the Grand Guignol Theatre?

Answer: Caliban

The Creature eventually remembers and reconnects with his family. When his sick son dies, he refuses his wife's pleas to re-animate the boy.

Caliban is a character from Shakespeare's "The Tempest".

John Clare was played by Rory Kinnear.

6. Brona Croft was a prostitute dying of consumption before Dr. Frankenstein re-animated her as a mate for his Creature. What name was she given in her second chance at life?

Answer: Lily

Brona Croft had relationships with both Ethan Chandler and Dorian Gray before becoming so sick that Chandler called upon Frankenstein to "help" her. After reanimating her and naming her "Lily", Frankenstein falls in love with her. She eventually spends time with Dorian Gray, but leaves him at the end of the series.

Somehow, the reanimation process caused her to lose her Irish accent and gain a British one.

Lily was played by Billie Piper.

7. When the prostitute Angelique discovers his portrait, Dorian Gray kills her to protect his secret. How does he do it?

Answer: poison

Dorian Gray is a hedonistic immortal, bored with everyday life. He lives in an expensive mansion where the walls are covered in portraits. His portrait, however, is in a hidden room.

Dorian Gray, from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891, by Oscar Wilde), was played by Reeve Carney. Jonny Beauchamp played Angelique.

8. The Mariner's Inn Massacre brings Ethan Chandler to the attention of Inspector Bartholomew Rusk, who eventually arrests Ethan and transports him back to America. What body part is Inspector Rusk missing?

Answer: his arm

While in America, Rusk tells the story of how his regiment was ambushed. Though wounded, he tracked down the assailant and brought him to Cape Town before seeking medical attention. He lost his right arm and wears a wooden one as a result.

Inspector Rusk was played by Douglas Hodge.

9. Evelyn Poole is first introduced by her stage name, Madame Kali, when she provides the entertainment at a party hosted by Ferdinand Lyle. What sort of entertainment does she provide?

Answer: s�ance

The s�ance does not go as planned when Miss Ives is the one who is possessed by spirits.

Introduced early in the first season, Evelyn Poole was a primary antagonist in the second season, when she used dolls and black magic to combat the heroes.

Ferdinand Lyle was an Egyptologist who befriended and assisted the heroes on several adventures. He was also blackmailed by Evelyn Poole into working against them, though he later redeemed himself.

Madame Kali was played by Helen McCrory. Simon Russell Beale played Ferdinand Lyle.

10. Dracula takes on the identity of Dr. Alexander Sweet in order to seduce Miss Vanessa Ives. What is his profession as Dr. Sweet?

Answer: zoologist

In the show's mythology, Lucifer and Dracula are brothers, both fallen angels who were cast out of Heaven. Lucifer was punished by being a demon of spirit and being sent to Hell. Dracula was sent to Earth as a demon of the flesh. Both seek out "the Mother of Evil" - who happens to be Miss Vanessa Ives.

As Dr. Sweet, Dracula is a bit of a pick-up artist, purposefully forgetting her name in order to get Miss Ives in an attempt to seduce her. Unfortunately, it works and their union begins the end of the world - unless the rest of the heroes can fins a way to stop Dracula's plans.

Dr. Alexander Sweet was played by Christian Camargo.

Source: Author jcpetersen

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