Gothic Literature Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. What did the children do the first time they saw Mr. Hooper with the black veil?
2. Examples of metonymy include all of the following except .....
3. The genre of southern literature that became popular in the
4. Fill in the blank:The author uses ..... to suggest what may happen next in the story.
5. Name another Gothic author
6. Who did Edgar Allan Poe live with after leaving the military?
7. Forget community-who or what were Gothic writers interested in?
8. Gothic literature includes all except .....
9. When was the Gothic Literary movement most popular in America?
10. What effect does foreshadowing have?
11. O'Connor's stories are set in .....
12. What did the narrator fear?
13. A brief introduction of the setting, characters, and opening situation.
14. All of these are characteristics of Gothic architecture EXCEPT
15. When was Gothic Literature Created?
16. Waiting for something to happen, or being in a state of anxiousness because you are expecting something is called:
17. What surrounds the House of Usher?
18. Fear from INSIDE yourself is .....
19. Men are often .....
20. According to Hawthorne, what is the saddest of all prisons?
21. Who is the real monster in Frankenstein?
22. What is a doppleganger?
23. One characteristic of Dark Romantic literature is that:
24. What emotion was most abundant in this book?
25. In what century did Gothic literature begin?
26. Edgar's birth mother, Eliza, .....
27. Who wrote the Original Gothic Fiction book?
28. What is the Mariner forced to do by the crew?
29. Transgression is .....
30. The mood of Gothic literature is almost always
31. The reader can understand what from Elizabeth's talk with Mr. Hooper?
32. How did the doctor greet the narrator upon his arrival?
33. What does horror mean?
34. Murder, family secrets, suicide, and exorcisms are all an example of what?
35. Who does Old Scratch say he represents?
36. What was the tone of the story?
37. What was a prominent feature in Gothic Architecture?
38. The creature in Mary Shelly's novel is
39. Poe's mother, brother, and wife all died of what disease?
40. Which description BEST defines Edgar Allan Poe?
41. The use of words whose sounds suggest the sounds made by objects or activities.
42. The ..... is a character who does not follow the cultural mainstream and may become a hero in his or her own right.
43. A feeling of thoughtful sadness, typically with no obvious cause
44. Which of the following is the BEST way to describe an explanatory essay?
45. In Poe's Tell Tale Heart, what did the narrator try to convince you that he was NOT?
46. How long did it take for the Red Death to kill someone after they contracted it?
47. What happens when Hooper decides not to remove his veil for Elizabeth?
48. Gothic statues were used to .....
49. What does supernatural mean?
50. What did the peanut butter say to the grape on Christmas?
51. What does Tom regret as he begins to get old?
52. Southern Gothic Literature includes
53. Which of these is a modern, living gothic writer?
54. Which of the following is NOT a type of evil?
55. Which of the answer choices gives a word built from the base word satisfy by adding a Prefix AND A Suffix?
56. Mary Shelley wrote which thriller about a killer supernatural being?
57. This author was a gothic horror author
58. The mood of a gothic tale is most often .....
59. Which of these is a symbol of fleeting time and the certainty of death in "The Masque of the Red Death? "
60. On his death-bed, what does Hooper claim to see?