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Fictional Creatures 2

Fictional creatures can be spooky, noble or downright strange. This quiz looks at how authors reuse favourite monsters and give them fresh twists in new stories.

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Fascinating Fact:

Some creatures, like vampires or werewolves, appear in many different books and are reimagined for new audiences.

In Specialist Books, this quiz on fictional creatures explores how writers borrow ideas from tradition, reshape them for new settings and create memorable beings that stay with readers long after the story ends.

Key Terms

Supernatural: Describes events or beings that seem to go beyond normal scientific explanation, such as ghosts, shape-shifters or invisible forces.
Folklore: Traditional tales, beliefs and customs passed through a community, often featuring strange beings that warn, teach or entertain.
Reinterpretation: When an author deliberately gives a familiar creature a new role, personality or setting to challenge what readers expect.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

Why do the same fictional creatures appear in many stories?

Well-known creatures give writers and readers a shared starting point. Authors can then play with those expectations, changing details to explore new themes, cultures or time periods.

How can writers keep familiar monsters feeling fresh?

Writers can switch the point of view, move the creature into an unexpected genre, alter its strengths or weaknesses, or link it to modern issues such as technology or identity.

What should I focus on when studying fictional creatures?

Look at how the creature behaves, which characters it interacts with and what it seems to represent. Then connect those details to bigger ideas like fear, justice, loyalty or change.

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In Stella Gibbons' novel Cold Comfort Farm, what is the name of the bull?

Big Boy

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Big Deal

Big Shot

Cold Comfort Farm is a comic parody of the romanticised and often miserable accounts of rural life by authors such as the Brontë sisters or Thomas Hardy

2 .

In the Harry Potter stories, what type of creature is Griphook?

An elf

A goblin

A gnome

A leprechaun

He's a former employee of Gringotts Wizarding Bank

3 .

In Homer's Odyssey, the goddess Circe turns Odysseus's crew into what?

Cattle

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4 .

In the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles, how is the hound killed?

It's drowned

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5 .

In Harry Harrison's science fiction novel West of Eden, which creatures rule the Earth?

Apes

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The dog Montmorency appears in which comic novel?

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8 .

In Gulliver's Travels, which degenerate creatures are encountered by Gulliver in the Country of the Houyhnhnms?

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In the Uncle Remus stories, who makes the Tar Baby out of a lump of tar and some old clothes?

Br'er Bear

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10 .

What is the title of Paul Gallico's 1940 prize-winning novella?

The Snow Goose

The Snow Leopard

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Author: Tony Rennick (Art and Literature Critic)

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