Category: The Gothic Novel

A. It shows the possible dangers of science.
B. It exposes the deep flaws in medieval ways of thinking about the world.
C. It marks a return to more primitive ways of pre-Enlightenment thought and expression.
D. It suggests that reason is more important than emotion.

A. The novel presents the vampire count as a father-figure of great power.
B. The vampire represents a beloved father who seeks to gather together all the women and young men (sons).
C. The vampire represents sexual impotence.
D. The vampire represents the future.

A. The uncanny
B. The fallen world
C. The “Other”
D. The sublime

A. To encourage rational evaluation rather than arouse emotional reactions
B. To emphasize the importance of character development over action
C. To assist with the flight and pursuit of villains and their prey
D. To support the growth and development of machinery in the 18th century

A. The idea that women should advise men
B. The idea that the Victorian woman represents “the new woman”
C. The idea that women are pure and morally superior to men
D. The idea that confinement in the home may induce madness

A. The habited nuns
B. Ambrosio’s rape and murder of his sister
C. Lewis’s use of a female pseudonym in the original edition
D. Lewis’s choiceof a feminine literary genre

A. Radcliffe wants to emphasize the happy ending of the marriage of Emily and Valancourt.
B. It frees Radcliffe from a strict adherence to common life, allowing her to place Emily in challenging situations.
C. Radcliffe considers her work a continuation of the sentimental novel of the 18th century.
D. It acknowledges the lack of supernatural plot tricks.

A. To represent the expansion of Gothic literary spaces from only subterranean spaces to attics as well
B. To represent the shift from the male Gothic villain to the female Gothic villain in the Victorian Gothic novel
C. To make reference to the rise of personal responsibility in Victorian England for the care of the sick and insane
D. To make an ironic statement about the point of view and marginalization of the “Other” in Victorian England

A. Emily ends up happily married.
B. Emily’s sense of decorum seems to falter late in the novel.
C. Emily is a sensible rather than defenseless woman.
D. Emily provides a unique example of a weak woman.

A. It includes apocalyptic themes.
B. It represents society as relatively stable.
C. It condemns the misuse of power.
D. It predicts the upheaval of society.