'Salem's Lot Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around 'Salem's Lot? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What do vampires symbolize?


zombies.
a tetanus epidemic.
the townspeople themselves.
criminals who prey on the innocent.
Q. What does the cross in 'Salem's Lot indicate?


the novel's deep spiritual belief in Catholicism
the novel's enthusiastic belief in stories in which vampires hate crosses
that the novel has been officially endorsed by the Catholic Church
that the novel has been officially endorsed by Bram Stoker
Q. The Marsten House is a symbol of what?


all the good in Jerusalem's Lot that Ben wants to return to
the death of his wife that Ben wants to put behind him
evil, which Ben (and by extension King) can control by writing about it
Edward the good vampire and his good vampire sparkles
Q. Why does 'Salem's Lot include allusions to TV shows like "Dialing for Dollars" and "Gunsmoke"?


Because the undead love television.
Because television drives away the undead.
It is referring to mundane things to make the town seem more real.
Straker tortures Mark by forcing him to watch daytime TV.
Q. Images of opening doors and opening eyes in 'Salem's Lot suggest what?


freedom and exuberance
terrors and the dead returning
enlightenment
that vampires taped everybody in town's eyes shut as a practical joke