Based on your readings for this course, which of the following best summarizes how most critics interpret the crumbling castle in “The Castle of Otranto” ?

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The popularity of which Gothic novelist is parodied in Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” ?

A. Horace Walpole B. Ann Radcliffe C. Matthew Lewis D. Mary Shelley...

All of the following are ways in which “The Castle of Otranto” reflects the values of Enlightenment England EXCEPT_________________?

A. The concern for the sanctity of legal inheritance B. The interest in the lessons and values of the Middle Ages for England in the 18th century C. The support for the British class system D. The belief in British superiority to foreign countries...

How does the uncanny function in “Frankenstein” ?

A. The normal activity of vivisection is represented as horrible. B. Seemingly normal characters are actually terrifying. C. The dramatic landscape provides an alternative to the usual world. D. The monster’s grotesque body is actually made of human parts....

“It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer.” How does this opening sentence of Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” NOT immediately suggest the Gothic ?

A. The reference to ancestral halls B. The uncommon nature of the event C. The first-person narrator D. The dichotomy between the concepts of ordinary and estate...

Which statement best summarizes the parallel between Frankenstein and Prometheus ?

A. Both were successful because they followed the laws of nature. B. Both refused to use science to do innovative work. C. Both worked collaboratively. D. Both suffered for their attempt to do divine work....