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Category: The Gothic Novel
All of the following are labyrinthine in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” EXCEPT______________?
A. Valancourt’s character
B. Emily’s misfortunes
C. The plot
D. Emily’s mind
How does the use of Gothic architecture assist the Gothic novelist ?
A. It engenders confusion for both the novel’s protagonist and readers.
B. It offers a secure refuge for the novel’s protagonist.
C. It provides the space for a large community of people to congregate.
D. It represents the glory of a bygone age.
What is the significance of the “wandering Jew” motif ?
A. Religious upheaval
B. The presence of omens
C. The curse of immorality
D. Insanity
How did the term “Gothic” become associated with the literary phenomenon known as the Gothic novel ?
A. The excessive violence found in the Gothic novel
B. The barbarians that populate the Gothic novel
C. The use of the word in the subtitle of Walpole’s novel
D. The style of architecture found in the Gothic novel
Why do scholars consider the first wave of the English Gothic novel an aspect of Romanticism ?
A. The use of poetic prose in the Gothic novel
B. The Gothic novel’s interest in the apocalyptic prophecies found in Hebrew and Christian Scriptures
C. The ascendency of human reason in the Gothic novel
D. The representation of contemporary life in the Gothic novel
In “The Yellow Wallpaper” what does Gilman suggest about madness ?
A. That it is necessary to contain mad women
B. That it is an artificial patriarchal tool
C. That men also are mad
D. That female madness is a serious obstacle to women’s liberation
How does Lewis portray the Catholic confessional in “The Monk”?
A. As a path to redemption
B. As a necessary control
C. As a voyeuristic activity
D. As a model for contemporary police work
What Gothic literary convention did NOT originate with Horace Walpole’s “The Castle of Otranto” ?
A. The ancestral castle
B. Psychological terror
C. The supernatural
D. Physical violence
In “Dracula” what does the death of Lucy suggest ?
A. That sexual purity was less important than society’s safety
B. That female sexuality is dangerous and must be destroyed
C. That women are not one-dimensional
D. That men consider themselves responsible for their own fates
Which one of the following events inspired the trend of body transformation in Gothic novels ?
A. The decline in animal dissections
B. The increase in scientific experimentation
C. The end of absolute monarchy
D. The end of the Vitalist Controversy
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