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What is the name of the infamous villain of Shakespeare's Othello who is one of the archetypal examples of a scheming advisor plotting the downfall of his lord?
Othello
Weirholdt
Cassius
Iago
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The White Whale is a monstrous villain famous for tormenting the collective crew of what famous novel?
Paradise Lost
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Moby Dick
The Red Badge of Courage
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What is the name of the bastard son of King Arthur who brings about the downfall of Camelot through a coup?
Bedivere
Gawain
Mordred
Galahad
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What is the name of the villainous tiger that chases Mogwli throughout The Jungle Book?
Shere Khan
Baloo
Bagheera
Akela
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What is the name of the antagonistic lawman of Les Miserables who constantly hounds the trail of the reformed protagonist?
Javert
Pascal
Du Blanc
Capulet
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What is the name of the criminal mastermind villain of the James Bond books who founded the organization SPECTRE and who is also known for carrying around a white cat?
Heimdall
Salinger
Blofeld
Warren
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What is the name of the villainous character from The Picture of Dorian Grey who has his existence linked to a portrait that reflects his inner evil?
Ashton Cross
Dorian Grey
Mr. Dempsey
Ulrich Toddington
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What is the name of the villainous leader of the authoritarian government which scrutinizes its citizens in the novel 1984?
Big Brother
Papa Bear
Mr. Washington
Pinnacle
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In The Odyssey, what Greek god of the seas tries to keep the main hero from returning to his family?
Jupiter
Hades
Demeter
Poseidon
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In Dante's Inferno, what is the name of the villainous entity who occupies the bottommost layer of the Inferno?
Hades
Hotep
Satan
Bernides
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What is the name of the educated professor who served as the primary recurring antagonist of the Sherlock Holmes book series?
Guggenheim
Leblanc
Moriarty
O'Hara
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What peculiar object serves as the major villain of the book Don Quixote as the titular knight attacks it mistaking it for a giant?
A castle wall
A windmill
A bell tower
A tavern
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What is the name of the primary antagonist of The Count of Monte Cristo who frames the titular Count in order to marry his fiancée?
Rupert
Fernand
Napier
Lestibournes
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What is the name of the ghastly clown-like entity who attacks children in the novel It?
Pennywise
The Great Gonzo
Billy Bob
Nicodemus
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What is the name of the scheming clerk from David Copperfield who blackmails his boss Mr. Wickfield for financial gain?
Uriah Heep
Mr. P. Peyton
Oscar Yolk
Spiderwick
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What is the name of the villain of Journey to the West who is an animalistic demon?
The Lion of the Black Flame
The Devil's Serpent Knight
The Bull Demon King
The Great Rhinoceros Emperor
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What is the name of the villainous alter ego of Dr. Jekyll?
Mr. Hyde
Dr. Heckle
Mr. Fine
Lord Ashbury
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What is the name of Bram Stoker's famous vampire nobleman who terrorized Transylvania and Britain?
Orpheus
Marcellus
Von Steuben
Dracula
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What is the name of the demonic entity who makes a deal with Dr. Faustus in Christopher Marlowe's classic play about wicked bargains?
Lucifer
Malecoda
Beelzebub
Mephistopheles
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What is the name of the sociopathic hairless albino murderer who terrorizes the U.S. and Mexico in the Western novel Blood Meridian?
Doc Holliday
The Pale Rider
Judge Holden
Maneater
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What is the name of the pirate antagonist of Peter Pan?
Captain Cook
Captain Hook
Captain Crook
Captain Rook
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What is the name of the dark lord who forged the One Ring in the series The Lord of the Rings?
Sauron
Shelob
Ba'alzamon
Tyrfing
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What is the common name given to the villainous serial killer and conman who appears in Patricia Highsmith's novels?
Obadiah Hearthland
Paul I. Waters
Wendel Wagner
Tom Ripley
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What is the name of the Wall Street yuppy and serial killer who appears in the novel American Psycho?
Leonard Holzheim
Patrick Bateman
Aaron Silverstein
Howard Vankman
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What is the name of the immoral commander who serves as the primary villain of Heart of Darkness?
Kircheis
Conrad
Kurtz
Muller
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What is the name of the cannibalistic psychologist who serves as the villain of Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs?
Thomas Cromwell
Sydar Poplin
Hannibal Lecter
Andrew Coriander
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What is the name of the villainous noblewoman who convinces her husband to usurp the throne of his sovereign in the Shakespeare play Macbeth?
Lady Macbeth
Lady Duncan
Lady Elwick
Lady Delilah
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What is the name of the villainous nurse who acts as the villain in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
Nurse Geller
Nurse Guile
Nurse Ratched
Nurse Farrow
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What is the name of the villainous clergyman from Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
Pierre Gongli
Claude Frollo
Phoebus de Chapteurs
Jehan de Josas
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What is the name of the villainous protagonist of A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess?
Alex
Percy
Brian
Dominic
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Andrew Nicholas is a passionate reader and writer on the subjects of history and mankind. He is a published author, critic, and poet who grew up in the friendly scenery of rural Ohio. He is a graduate of Wright State University and a regular student of historical curiosities.