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- 1. Multiple Choice
One of the elements of Gothic literature is ___________ settings like decaying castles, haunted houses, and trapdoors or cellars.
supernatural
gloomy
isolation
fear
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a typically Gothic setting?
Church
Castle
Wild remote place
Shopping centre
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is not a convention of the gothic?Fear of the unknownRomantic heroThe uncannyThe supernatural
- 4. Multiple ChoiceFrankenstein is the name of which character in the novel?The creatureThe protagonistThe protagonist's wifeThe random shepherd guy
- 5. Multiple ChoiceNarration in Gothic Literature is usually highly emotional with lots of twists and turns.TrueFalse
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho typically plays the critical (lead) role in Gothic novels?MenWomenChildrenSupernatural "Characters"
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was the first Gothic novel called?
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Jane Eyre
Frankenstein
The Castle of Otranto
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn Gothic novels, the conflict is often....person vs. technologyperson vs. societyperson vs. supernatural
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT an element of typical Gothic Literature?Dark, sinister settingsencounter with the supernaturalpositive, lighthearted characters
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe following elements are evident in Gothic Literature EXCEPT:warsuspensehaunted castlesmadness
- 11. Multiple Choice
What were Gothic writers interested in?
The Individual and Technology
The Individual and the Working class
The Individual and Education
The Individual and Isolation
- 12. Multiple Choice
The uncanny is...
foreshadowing
fear of the unknown
a disruption in the natural order
something familiar but the familiar thing is encountered in a context that is unsettling, unfamiliar, or eerie.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who is the real monster in Frankenstein?
Society
The creature
Victor Frankenstein
- 14. Multiple Choice
Transgression is...
a movement in time
pushing the boundaries
understanding society
a change in the weather
- 15. Multiple Choice
The sublime is...
the supernatural
a catastrophe
a greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement, or imitation.
A characters journey into the unknown
- 16. Multiple Choice
Gothic literature is said to reveal the fears and hatred that exists within society
True
False
- 17. Multiple Choice
The vocabulary used in gothic novels is designed to create what sort of atmosphere?
an amusing atmosphere
a mysterious atmosphere
a warm atmosphere
an ominous atmosphere
- 18. Multiple Choice
The most sophisticated Gothic tales blended what two otherworldly and worldly concepts?
Reason and religion
The supernatural and the psychological
The old and the new
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