OF IRELAND’S MANY literary achievements, it is easy to overlook Bram Stoker’s magnum opus: Dracula.
Though undoubtedly a masterpiece, its appeal tends to be somewhat more seasonal than the works of Ireland’s other literary greats, and the saturation of vampire content in recent years means we are all too quick to forget who is at the heart of it all.
As Halloween approaches, this quiz about Bram Stoker’s Dracula is our tribute to one of Ireland’s most iconic cultural exports.
Let's start with an easy one. What was Dracula's noble title?
Baron
Viscount
Count
Lord
Which of these countries is not a setting at any point throughout the novel Dracula?
Romania
Hungary
United Kingdom
Ireland
In what century did Bram Stoker write Dracula?
17th
18th
19th
20th
Which of these is NOT a character in Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Jonathan Harker
Captain Robert Walton
Abraham Van Helsing
Lucy Westenra
Who played Dracula in the 1992 film adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Richard E Grant
Anthony Hopkins
Gary Oldman
Christopher Lee
Transylvania, the home of Bram Stoker's Dracula, is associated with which European mountain range? (The mountains in the photo are just randomly selected European mountains)
Carpathians
Caucasus
Urals
Dinaric Alps
Which of these traits is not associated with Bram Stoker's Dracula character?
Aversion to daylight
Frozen by own reflection
Fear of the Holy Cross
Can transform into a bat
Which of these words would best describe the novel Dracula?
Pastoral
Bildungsroman
Picaresque
Epistolary
In the 1930s, it was discovered that Bram Stoker's Dracula was in the public domain. Why was this?
Stoker had not fully complied with US copyright law
All Irish novels were public domain at that time
Books about vampires automatically enter the public domain
Stoker had declared the novel public domain in his will
What is the job of the main character in Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Banker
Sailor
Solicitor
Census official
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Count Dracula
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Some other, less well-known vampire
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You just suck
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