Bram Stoker's "Dracula" or Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"?

Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula may be the seminal vampire book, but Stephenie Meyer's 2005 Twilight has become a phenomenon in its own right. Despite the popularity of both works, the writing quality is considered to be quite different.

So how well can you tell Stoker's classic prose from Meyer's young adult fiction?

Note: Quotations in this quiz are only from the novels themselves, and not from movie adaptations or the other books in the Twilight saga.

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"For almost ninety years I've walked among my kind, and yours..."

ANSWER: Edward Cullen tells Bella Swan, "For almost ninety years I've walked among my kind, and yours ... all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren't alive yet." Edward Cullen tells Bella Swan, "For almost ninety years I've walked among my kind, and yours ... all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren't alive yet."

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"I suppose a cry does us all good at times -- clears the air as other rain does."

ANSWER: In Chapter XIV, Mina Harker's Journal, 25 September, as Mina awaits the visit of Dr. Van Helsing, she writes, "I have had so much trouble and anxiety of late that I feel I cannot bear more just at present. I suppose a cry does us all good at times -- clears the air as other rain does. Perhaps it was reading the journal yesterday that upset me, and then Jonathan went away this morning to stay away from me a whole day and night, the first time we have been parted since our marriage." In Chapter XIV, Mina Harker's Journal, 25 September, as Mina awaits the visit of Dr. Van Helsing, she writes, "I have had so much trouble and anxiety of late that I feel I cannot bear more just at present. I suppose a cry does us all good at times -- clears the air as other rain does. Perhaps it was reading the journal yesterday that upset me, and then Jonathan went away this morning to stay away from me a whole day and night, the first time we have been parted since our marriage."

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"When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end."

ANSWER: On the first page of the novel, Bella states, "I knew that if i'd never gone to Forks, I wouldn't be facing death now. But, terrified as I was, I couldn't bring myself to regret the decision. When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end." On the first page of the novel, Bella states, "I knew that if i'd never gone to Forks, I wouldn't be facing death now. But, terrified as I was, I couldn't bring myself to regret the decision. When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end."

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"Despair has its own calms."

ANSWER: In Chapter IV, Jonathan Harker's Journal, 28 May, Harker falls into a dreamless sleep after opening letters with the Count and states in his journal entry, "Despair has its own calms." In Chapter IV, Jonathan Harker's Journal, 28 May, Harker falls into a dreamless sleep after opening letters with the Count and states in his journal entry, "Despair has its own calms."

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"I'd never given much thought to how I would die - though I'd had reason enough in the last few months..."

ANSWER: This is actually the first line of the book: "I'd never given much thought to how I would die - though I'd had reason enough in the last few months - but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this." Bella is the one narrating, in case you didn't know. This is actually the first line of the book: "I'd never given much thought to how I would die - though I'd had reason enough in the last few months - but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this." Bella is the one narrating, in case you didn't know.

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"All I could do now was to be patient, and to wait the coming of the morning."

ANSWER: From Chapter II, Jonathan Harker's Journal, 5 May. When Harker arrives at Dracula's castle, he feels as though he's in a "horrible nightmare," but after confirming that he "was indeed awake and among the Carpathians," he writes, "All I could do now was to be patient, and to wait the coming of the morning." From Chapter II, Jonathan Harker's Journal, 5 May. When Harker arrives at Dracula's castle, he feels as though he's in a "horrible nightmare," but after confirming that he "was indeed awake and among the Carpathians," he writes, "All I could do now was to be patient, and to wait the coming of the morning."

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"I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window."

ANSWER: In Chapter XI, Memorandum Left by Lucy Westenra, 17 September. Night, Lucy finds the servants on the floor, drugged, and frets about being all alone: "Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window." In Chapter XI, Memorandum Left by Lucy Westenra, 17 September. Night, Lucy finds the servants on the floor, drugged, and frets about being all alone: "Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window."

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"Darkness is so predictable..."

ANSWER: Edward tells Bella that twilight is the safest time of day for them: "...The easiest time. But also the saddest, in a way ... the end of another day, the return of the night. Darkness is so predictable, don't you think?" Edward tells Bella that twilight is the safest time of day for them: "...The easiest time. But also the saddest, in a way ... the end of another day, the return of the night. Darkness is so predictable, don't you think?"

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"The blood is the life!"

ANSWER: In Chapter XI, Dr. Seward's Diary, 17 September, Seward records an instance in which his patient Mr. Renfield bursts into his study and attacks Seward with a dinner-knife; as Renfield is removed "quite placidly" from the room by the attendants, he repeats the phrase, "The blood is the life!" In Chapter XI, Dr. Seward's Diary, 17 September, Seward records an instance in which his patient Mr. Renfield bursts into his study and attacks Seward with a dinner-knife; as Renfield is removed "quite placidly" from the room by the attendants, he repeats the phrase, "The blood is the life!"

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"You are my life now."

ANSWER: This, another one of the more popular lines from the book, is Edward's answer to Bella when she tells him she loves him. This, another one of the more popular lines from the book, is Edward's answer to Bella when she tells him she loves him.

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"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb..."

ANSWER: Perhaps one of the most popular lines of the book, murmured to Bella by Edward. She looks away and sighs, "What a stupid lamb," to which he replies, "What a sick, masochistic lion." Perhaps one of the most popular lines of the book, murmured to Bella by Edward. She looks away and sighs, "What a stupid lamb," to which he replies, "What a sick, masochistic lion."

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"I had now an opportunity of observing him, and found him of a very marked physiognomy."

ANSWER: In Chapter II, Jonathan Harker's Journal, 5 May, Harker observes Count Dracula during their first meeting. In Chapter II, Jonathan Harker's Journal, 5 May, Harker observes Count Dracula during their first meeting.

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"Being proposed to is all very nice and all that sort of thing..."

ANSWER: In Chapter V, Letter, Lucy Westenra to Mina Murray, 24 May, Lucy writes to Mina, "Oh, Mina dear, I can't help crying; and you must excuse this letter being all blotted. Being proposed to is all very nice and all that sort of thing, but it isn't at all a happy thing when you have to see a poor fellow, whom you know loves you honestly, going away and looking all broken-hearted, and to know that, no matter what he may say at the moment, you are passing quite out of his life. My dear, I must stop here at present, I feel so miserable, though I am so happy." In Chapter V, Letter, Lucy Westenra to Mina Murray, 24 May, Lucy writes to Mina, "Oh, Mina dear, I can't help crying; and you must excuse this letter being all blotted. Being proposed to is all very nice and all that sort of thing, but it isn't at all a happy thing when you have to see a poor fellow, whom you know loves you honestly, going away and looking all broken-hearted, and to know that, no matter what he may say at the moment, you are passing quite out of his life. My dear, I must stop here at present, I feel so miserable, though I am so happy."

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