 - 1. What is Stephen King's middle name?
A) Edwin
B) Michael
C) Andrew
D) Thomas
- 2. In which state was Stephen King born?
A) New York
B) California
C) Florida
D) Maine
- 3. Which novel of Stephen King inspired the movie 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) It
B) Carrie
C) Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
D) Pet Sematary
- 4. What is the title of Stephen King's first published novel?
A) Carrie
B) The Stand
C) Misery
D) The Shining
- 5. What is the name of Stephen King's sons who is also a successful author?
A) Joe Hill
B) Owen King
C) Jonah King
D) Jack King
- 6. Which of the following novels by Stephen King features a haunted hotel?
A) The Shining
B) Pet Sematary
C) Salem's Lot
D) Cujo
- 7. Which short story by Stephen King was turned into a movie about a shape-shifting creature that takes the form of a clown?
A) The Mist
B) The Langoliers
C) 1408
D) It
- 8. What is the title of the first book in Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' series?
A) The Gunslinger
B) The Drawing of the Three
C) Wizard and Glass
D) The Waste Lands
- 9. What is the name of the main character in Stephen King's 'Misery'?
A) Paul Sheldon
B) Annie Wilkes
C) Jack Torrance
D) Carrie White
- 10. What is the name of the cursed car in Stephen King's novel 'Christine'?
A) Plymouth Fury
B) Buick Regal
C) Chevy Camaro
D) Ford Mustang
- 11. Which of the following films based on Stephen King's work was adapted into a TV series in 2017?
A) The Mist
B) Misery
C) Carrie
D) The Shining
- 12. Which of the following is a pen name used by Stephen King for publishing novels?
A) John Doe
B) Mike Johnson
C) David Smith
D) Richard Bachman
- 13. What is the title of Stephen King's epic fantasy series?
A) The Dark Tower
B) It
C) Pet Sematary
D) The Stand
- 14. Who directed the film adaptation of Stephen King's 'The Green Mile'?
A) Stanley Kubrick
B) Frank Darabont
C) M. Night Shyamalan
D) Tim Burton
- 15. What nickname has been given to Stephen King due to his contributions to horror fiction?
A) "Gothic Genius"
B) "King of Horror"
C) "Master of Suspense"
D) "Horror Maestro"
- 16. What is the name of the collection that marked Stephen King's first major departure from the horror genre?
A) Danse Macabre
B) Carrie
C) The Shining
D) Different Seasons
- 17. Which award did Stephen King win for 'The Man in the Black Suit'?
A) Hugo Award
B) National Book Award
C) Pulitzer Prize
D) O. Henry Award
- 18. For which book did Stephen King win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller?
A) 11/22/63
B) The Shining
C) Misery
D) It
- 19. What honor did Stephen King receive in 2003 for his contributions to American letters?
A) Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
B) Pulitzer Prize
C) Hugo Award
D) National Book Award
- 20. In which year did Stephen King graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English?
A) 1968
B) 1971
C) 1970
D) 1966
- 21. What was the first book that inspired Stephen King to write, as given by a bookmobile driver?
A) Carrie
B) Lord of the Flies
C) Misery
D) The Shining
- 22. What was the title of Stephen King's first independently published story?
A) I Was a Teenage Grave Robber
B) The Mist
C) The Body
D) Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
- 23. Who was the professor that showed Stephen King 'the way to the pool'?
A) John Grisham
B) Stephen Hawking
C) Burton Hatlen
D) Edward Holmes
- 24. What is the name of Stephen King's wife, whom he met through a writing workshop?
A) Carrie White
B) Joyce Carol Oates
C) Tabitha Spruce
D) Nellie Ruth King
- 25. What was the name of Stephen King's daughter born in 1970?
A) Josephine Hill
B) Owen King
C) Tabitha King
D) Naomi Rachel
- 26. What was Stephen King's first professional short story?
A) "Carrie"
B) "The Glass Floor"
C) "The Shining"
D) "Salem's Lot"
- 27. Which magazine published Stephen King's first professional short story?
A) Startling Mystery Stories
B) The New York Times
C) Cavalier
D) The Guardian
- 28. What is a central theme in Stephen King's debut novel, Carrie?
A) Telekinetic powers
B) Old World vampires
C) Apocalyptic pandemic
D) Second sight
- 29. 'Salem's Lot' is described as a combination of which two elements?
A) "The Shining meets alcoholism"
B) "Peyton Place meets Dracula"
C) "Carrie White meets telekinesis"
D) "Castle Rock meets second sight"
- 30. What event in Stephen King's life coincided with the publication of 'Salem's Lot'?
A) He started teaching at Hampden Academy
B) He published The Stand
C) His mother died from uterine cancer
D) He moved to Boulder, Colorado
- 31. Which hotel inspired Stephen King's novel The Shining?
A) Castle Rock Inn
B) Hampden Academy
C) Stanley Hotel in Estes Park
D) Boulder Hotel
- 32. Where did Stephen King's family move after his mother's death?
A) Auburn, Maine
B) Boulder, Colorado
C) Estes Park
D) Hampden, Maine
- 33. Which novel did Stephen King complete in 1975 that was set during a pandemic?
A) The Shining
B) Carrie
C) The Stand
D) 'Salem's Lot
- 34. What nonfiction book did Stephen King publish based on his horror courses?
A) Carrie
B) Danse Macabre
C) The Stand
D) Salem's Lot
- 35. Which novella from Different Seasons was adapted into the film 'Stand by Me'?
A) The Breathing Method
B) Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
C) Apt Pupil
D) The Body
- 36. Which novella from Different Seasons won the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction?
A) Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
B) Apt Pupil
C) The Body
D) The Breathing Method
- 37. In which year did Stephen King publish the novel 'Christine'?
A) 1987
B) 1981
C) 1983
D) 1985
- 38. What is the central theme of the novel 'Misery' by Stephen King?
A) High fantasy
B) Horror
C) Science fiction
D) Addiction
- 39. Which novel by Stephen King is filled with metaphors for addiction and features a science fiction theme?
A) Pet Sematary
B) Christine
C) The Tommyknockers
D) Cujo
- 40. In which year did Stephen King publish 'Skeleton Crew', a collection of short fiction?
A) 1985
B) 1983
C) 1989
D) 1987
- 41. Who narrates the novel 'Dolores Claiborne'?
A) Stephen King
B) The title character, Dolores Claiborne
C) A third-person narrator
D) An omniscient narrator
- 42. Which author recalled Stephen King's influence in an interview by mentioning his focus on underdogs and bullied kids?
A) Junot Díaz
B) Lauren Groff
C) Colson Whitehead
D) Sherman Alexie
- 43. Which story by Stephen King was included in the second edition of The Oxford Book of American Short Stories?
A) 'That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French'
B) 'Salem's Lot'
C) 'The Reach'
D) 'Carrie'
- 44. Who praised Stephen King for his ear for dialogue, describing it as capturing 'real American dialogue in all its, like, foulmouthed grandeur'?
A) Joyce Carol Oates
B) David Foster Wallace
C) Cynthia Ozick
D) Peter Straub
- 45. What type of book is 'Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques'?
A) An anthology
B) A coffee table book
C) A novel
D) A graphic novel
- 46. 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' is about a girl who gets lost in what?
A) An ocean
B) The woods
C) A desert
D) A city
- 47. 'The Institute', released by Stephen King in 2019, is a novel or a collection?
A) Play
B) Novel
C) Short story
D) Collection
- 48. 'Bag of Bones' was published by which publisher?
A) Simon & Schuster
B) Penguin Random House
C) HarperCollins
D) Scribner
- 49. How many downloads did 'Riding the Bullet' achieve?
A) More than 500,000
B) Less than 100,000
C) Approximately 250,000
D) Over 1 million
- 50. In which music video did Stephen King collaborate with Stan Winston and Mick Garris?
A) Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1996)
B) Bad (1987)
C) Thriller (1982)
D) Black or White (1991)
- 51. What was the debut position of 'Under the Dome' on The New York Times Bestseller List?
A) No. 10
B) No. 5
C) No. 1
D) It did not make it to the list
- 52. '11/22/63', a novel by Stephen King, involves time travel to which year?
A) 1945
B) 1963
C) 1977
D) 1958
- 53. Which character's backstory did Stephen King write in 'American Vampire'?
A) Bruce Wayne
B) Clark Kent
C) Magneto
D) Skinner Sweet
- 54. In 'The Body', what does the narrator compare a childhood clubhouse to during rain?
A) A cave with stalactites and stalagmites
B) A cozy cabin in the woods
C) An abandoned lighthouse
D) Being inside a Jamaican steel drum
- 55. Which fellow author could correctly identify the passages written by Stephen King and Peter Straub?
A) George R.R. Martin
B) Neil Gaiman
C) J.K. Rowling
D) Haruki Murakami
- 56. 'Blaze', a novel published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, was discovered in which year?
A) 1996
B) 2014
C) 2006
D) 1985
- 57. Which film marked Stephen King's screenwriting debut?
A) Creepshow
B) Maximum Overdrive
C) The Shawshank Redemption
D) Misery
- 58. Which author co-wrote three novels with Stephen King, including 'The Talisman' and 'Black House'?
A) Joe Hill
B) Benjamin Percy
C) Peter Straub
D) Richard Chizmar
- 59. 'Needful Things' was billed as what type of story?
A) "A Ghostly Encounter"
B) "A Tale of Two Cities"
C) "The Last Castle Rock Story"
D) "An Epic Journey"
- 60. Which imprint published 'The Colorado Kid'?
A) Hard Case Crime
B) Scribner
C) Doubleday
D) Viking Press
- 61. Which book did Stephen King find at the Jolly White Elephant for $2.25?
A) A collection of Ray Bradbury's stories.
B) The Golden Argosy
C) Works by Cather and Hemingway.
D) An anthology by Joseph Payne Brennan.
- 62. 'The Green Mile' was published as a serial novel in how many parts?
A) Ten
B) Six
C) Four
D) Eight
- 63. Who illustrated Stephen King's retelling of the fairy tale 'Hansel and Gretel'?
A) Ridley Pearson
B) F-Stop Fitzgerald
C) Maurice Sendak
D) Barbara Kruger
- 64. Who praised Stephen King's sense of place, particularly the atmosphere of Maine?
A) Peter Straub
B) Cynthia Ozick
C) David Foster Wallace
D) Joyce Carol Oates
- 65. What happens to users in Stephen King's novel 'Cell'?
A) They become invisible
B) They travel through time
C) A mysterious signal turns them into mindless killers
D) They gain superpowers
- 66. Which Stephen King novel was originally written in the late 1970s but published in 1983?
A) The Tommyknockers
B) Christine
C) Cujo
D) Pet Sematary
- 67. What is the common theme of the novellas in 'Four Past Midnight'?
A) Love
B) Time
C) Fear
D) Death
- 68. Which character, appearing in both 'The Outsider' and 'Holly', was created by Stephen King?
A) Jack Torrance
B) Laurie Strode
C) Holly Gibney
D) Danny Torrance
- 69. 'The Man in the Black Suit' was published in which magazine's Halloween issue?
A) The New Yorker
B) Esquire
C) Time
D) Rolling Stone
- 70. What is the working title Stephen King mentioned for his crime novel about a retired policeman during his 2012 talk?
A) End of Watch
B) Mr. Mercedes
C) The Outsider
D) Finders Keepers
- 71. Which critic described Stephen King's work as 'non-literature'?
A) Harold Bloom
B) S. T. Joshi
C) Richard E. Snyder
D) Daniel Mendelsohn
- 72. 'You Like It Darker', a collection of short stories by Stephen King, was published in which year?
A) 2024
B) 2023
C) 2025
D) 2022
- 73. Which publication called 'On Writing' a 'one-of-a-kind classic'?
A) Rolling Stone
B) The Wall Street Journal
C) The New York Times
D) Time Magazine
- 74. Where is Stephen King's novel 'Duma Key' set?
A) California
B) Colorado
C) Florida
D) Maine
- 75. 'Charlie the Choo-Choo: From the World of The Dark Tower' was published under which pseudonym?
A) John Swithen
B) Beryl Evans
C) Richard Bachman
D) Clive Barcus
- 76. What was the title of Stephen King's first mass e-book?
A) Riding the Bullet
B) From a Buick 8
C) Cell
D) The Plant
- 77. 'Fairy Tale', released in 2022, is what type of work by Stephen King?
A) An autobiography
B) A novella
C) A short story collection
D) A novel
- 78. Who commented on 'Under the Dome' saying, 'Hard as this thing is to hoist, it's even harder to put down.'?
A) Stephen King
B) A Fangoria critic
C) The New York Times reviewer
D) Janet Maslin
- 79. Who was the editor under whom 'The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger' first appeared?
A) Ellen Datlow
B) Gardner Dozois
C) Edward L. Ferman
D) Jonathan Strahan
- 80. Which Danish film was Stephen King's 'Kingdom Hospital' based on?
A) Breaking the Waves
B) Dogville
C) The Kingdom by Lars von Trier
D) Dancer in the Dark
- 81. Which Stephen King novel is about a love triangle involving a haunted car?
A) The Tommyknockers
B) Misery
C) Christine
D) Pet Sematary
- 82. What was the suggested payment per installment for 'The Plant'?
A) $5
B) No charge, it was free
C) $1
D) $10
- 83. Who collaborated with Stephen King on the artist's book 'My Pretty Pony'?
A) Ridley Pearson
B) Barbara Kruger
C) Maurice Sendak
D) F-Stop Fitzgerald
- 84. In what year was Stephen King honored with a lifetime achievement award by the National Book Awards?
A) 2010
B) 2005
C) 1999
D) 2003
- 85. 'The Long Walk', published under a pseudonym, was released in what year?
A) 1977
B) 1982
C) 1979
D) 1984
- 86. Which film did Stephen King direct that was based on his story 'Trucks'?
A) Creepshow
B) Maximum Overdrive
C) The Body
D) Cat's Eye
- 87. In which presidential election did Stephen King endorse Barack Obama?
A) 2008
B) 2012
C) 2020
D) 2016
- 88. How many volumes make up the complete 'The Dark Tower' series?
A) Ten
B) Five
C) Eight
D) Six
- 89. Which Stephen King novel features a popular writer held captive by his number-one fan?
A) It
B) Cujo
C) Misery
D) The Tommyknockers
- 90. In which year was the collection 'Four Past Midnight' published?
A) 1990
B) 1991
C) 1992
D) 1989
- 91. What common theme connects the novellas in Stephen King's 'Full Dark, No Stars' collection?
A) Love
B) Retribution
C) Adventure
D) Friendship
- 92. Which author mentioned wanting to write 'the black Shining' or 'the black Salem's Lot' as a college student?
A) Sherman Alexie
B) Lauren Groff
C) Colson Whitehead
D) Junot Díaz
- 93. What is the title of Stephen King's sequel to 'The Shining'?
A) Shattered Glass
B) Night Shift
C) Dreamcatcher
D) Doctor Sleep
- 94. 'Hearts in Atlantis' is set during which decade?
A) 1980s
B) 1970s
C) 1950s
D) 1960s
- 95. What is the first element King considers when starting a story?
A) The characters
B) The situation
C) The setting
D) The ending
- 96. Which novella did Stephen King co-write with his son Joe Hill as an homage to Richard Matheson's 'Duel'?
A) Throttle
B) The End Times
C) Gwendy's Button Box
D) In the Tall Grass
- 97. Which author described Stephen King as having 'a literary focus' and being filled with 'literary history'?
A) Joyce Carol Oates
B) Peter Straub
C) Cynthia Ozick
D) David Foster Wallace
- 98. Who directed the film adaptation of Stephen King's novella 'The Body', titled 'Stand by Me'?
A) Rob Reiner
B) Frank Darabont
C) Stephen King
D) George A. Romero
- 99. What was the inspiration behind Stephen King's novel 'Pet Sematary'?
A) A haunted car
B) A high fantasy setting
C) A science fiction theme
D) A burial ground that could raise the dead
- 100. What is the setting for Stephen King and his son Owen's collaboration 'Sleeping Beauties'?
A) An abandoned asylum
B) A small town in Maine
C) A haunted hotel
D) A West Virginia women's prison
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