The Canterville Ghost Quiz

Questions and Answers

Mr. Otis

A blood stain

Washington Otis

The Psychical Society Signup and view all the answers

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In the cool of the evening Signup and view all the answers

Nine o'clock Signup and view all the answers

Sarah Bernhardt Signup and view all the answers

The importance of Boston in the development of the world-soul Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Mr. Otis, a wealthy American, buys Canterville Chase, a haunted manor, despite warnings from others.
The ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville, an English nobleman, tries to frighten the Otis family.
On the second morning, the Otis family finds a terrible blood stain on the floor, which reappears on the third morning despite the library being locked.
The whole family becomes interested in the ghostly phenomenon, and Mr. Otis starts to suspect the existence of ghosts.
Mrs. Otis considers joining the Psychical Society, and Washington prepares a letter to experts on the subject of the Permanence of Sanguineous Stains when connected with Crime.
The family goes out for a drive on a warm and sunny day and returns home at 9 pm, discussing ordinary conversation topics such as the superiority of Miss Fanny Devonport over Sarah Bernhardt and the difficulty of obtaining green corn.
The conversation does not turn to ghosts, but the objective existence of phantasmata is removed forever.