Category: The Gothic Novel

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.

A. Emily is confronted with the duality of the human mind, at once rational and then mad.
B. Emily is tested regarding the guilt and ghosts of sins past.
C. Emily comes to understand the benefits of a cloistered life.
D. Emily learns the story of Sister Agnes’s past.

A. It leads the reader to overlook the beauty of nature.
B. It reminds readers of their civic duties.
C. It causes an experience of elestasis, or transport.
D. It creates a sense of contentment.

A. He threatens to spread his madness to women.
B. His sexuality appeals to women.
C. He protects women’s chastity and virginity.
D. He provides a way for Victorian men to blame their actions on women.

A. The hand represents the superiority of the Enlightenment over medievalism.
B. The hand symbolizes the danger of marriage.
C. The hand signifies the mysterious pull of the labyrinth.
D. The hand represents the claim of primogeniture over the living.

A. The relative location of the room in which the “troubled” women are kept
B. The state of disrepair when the houses are first encountered by the protagonists
C. The relative location of the houses within the larger communities
D. The relative age of the houses

A. It introduces one of several supernatural elements into the plot.
B. It dispels the anti-Semitism associated with the Gothic novel.
C. It offers a positive alternative to the excesses of the Catholic Church.
D. It suggests that redemption is possible through penitence.