This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Gothic > Gothic Literature – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gothic Literature Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A type of narrator who is not trustworthy A) First person narrator. B) Stream of consciousness. C) Unreliable narrator. D) Third person narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unreliable narrator. 2. What movement became popular in the first half of the 19th century and became organized into a national society? A) The labor reform movement. B) The anti-slavery movement. C) The industrial the north movement. D) The westward expansion movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The anti-slavery movement. 3. Which of these is unlikely to occur ..... A) The appearance of an omen. B) Something force beyond the control of the main character. C) A boy wizard sent to a magic school. D) An ancient curse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A boy wizard sent to a magic school. 4. Where does the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" hide the old man's body? A) Under the floorboards. B) In a grave in the backyard. C) In a closet. D) Under the bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the floorboards. 5. Which building would you describe as gothic architecture? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 6. What is it called when the weather is used to create and atmosphere in a text? A) A metaphor. B) Pathetic Fallacy. C) Alliteration. D) A noun phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathetic Fallacy. 7. Gothic Literature is a subgenre of A) Rationalism. B) Logic. C) Transcendentalism. D) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romanticism. 8. What flaw do Tom and his wife share? A) They are thieves. B) They are miserly. C) They are lazy. D) They are termagants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are miserly. 9. The most notable feature of Southern Gothic literature is the A) Grotesque. B) Gross. C) Gruesomeness. D) Grandstanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grotesque. 10. Which phrase best describes Usher's state of mind in The Fall of the House of Usher? A) Cautious and glum. B) Dull and depressed. C) Suspicious and miserable. D) Nervous and agitated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous and agitated. 11. What was the "Red Death" ? A) Seven. Blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, and black with scarlet panes. B) It is a song. C) Its an outfit. D) It is a plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is a plague. 12. Who are the only people who call for Mr. Hooper's assistance? A) Little children. B) The family of Hooper's fiance. C) The family of the young woman who died. D) People who are facing imminent death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People who are facing imminent death. 13. Which event causes the father to demand the "visit is over" in Where is here? A) The stranger bursts into tears. B) The stranger enters the house. C) The stranger requests to sit on the basement steps. D) The stranger's statement that the wall used to have a water stain on it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stranger requests to sit on the basement steps. 14. Events take place in order of their occurrence A) Plot. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Chronological order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chronological order. 15. Which word best completes the sentence? During his speech, the guest speaker ..... wildly with his hands, distracting the audience from the important points he was trying to make. A) Afflicted. B) Absconded. C) Intermingled. D) Gesticulated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gesticulated. 16. Which is not a social issue dissected by Southern Gothic writers? A) Education. B) Poverty. C) Hypocrisy. D) Race. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Education. 17. Modern examples of gothic authors include ..... A) Suzanne Collins and J.K. Rowling. B) Dan Brown and John Grisham. C) Stephen King and R.L. Stine. D) Sarah J. Maas and Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stephen King and R.L. Stine. 18. What is a common Gothic technique that Edgar Allan Poe incorporates in "The Tell-Tale Heart" ? A) Anti-catholicism. B) Unreliable narrator. C) Body snatching. D) Fascination with dead things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unreliable narrator. 19. What was the job of Poe's adoptive father, John Allan? A) A poet. B) An actor. C) A rich merchant. D) A teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A rich merchant. 20. Fear from outside yourself is ..... A) Terror. B) Phobia. C) Horror. D) Dread. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terror. 21. When was southern gothic literature popularized? A) 1700s. B) 1800s. C) 1900s. D) 2000s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1900s. 22. What was one of the Narrator's ideas for Roderick being sick? A) The doctor injected him with a lethal poison. B) He had eaten a bad batch of food from the market. C) The house and the tarn were somehow making him sick. D) His sister was a zombie and was making him one too. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The house and the tarn were somehow making him sick. 23. Dr. Heidegger's study had this gothic element. A) A magic mirror. B) Madness. C) A painting that moved. D) Both the mirror and the painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both the mirror and the painting. 24. Which of these is LEAST likely to be a setting for a Gothic story? A) Castle. B) Country Manor. C) Boarding School. D) Abandoned Mansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boarding School. 25. How did the tone of writing of the gothic genre shift from early american writers? A) The focus turned to the dark side of huanity. B) The focus on patriotism was set aside. C) The focus on god grew even more. D) The focus on political parties can be seen in all writings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The focus turned to the dark side of huanity. 26. A Gothic environment is usually ..... A) Bright and sunny. B) Full of fun and fluffy bunnies. C) Bleak and atmospheric. D) Optimistic and uplifting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bleak and atmospheric. 27. The mood of nature reflects the type of events or a character's emotions, in the narrative. A) Personification. B) Pathetic fallacy. C) Emotive language. D) Pathetic writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathetic fallacy. 28. What was a positive result of Mr. Hooper's black veil? A) His fiancee decided to marry him. B) He didn't have to look at the ugly people's faces. C) The people started to like his new appearance. D) It brought light to the hidden sins of the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It brought light to the hidden sins of the people. 29. Gothic American Literature fits under what larger literary movement? A) Realism. B) Romanticism. C) Enlightenment. D) Dark Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism. 30. What would not be appropriate weather for a Gothic story? A) Dark, cloudy skies. B) Swirling mist. C) A clear, warm day. D) Thunder and lightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A clear, warm day. 31. In "Fall of the House of Usher, " Roderick tells the narrator that his depression is from? A) The impending death of his sister. B) His own impending death. C) The death of his father. D) The death of his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The impending death of his sister. 32. What was a major force that gave rise to gothic literature? A) Age of Imperialism. B) Shakespearean sonnets. C) Romantic movement. D) Trump 2016. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romantic movement. 33. What is one famous book that mixes these two ideas? A) Dracula. B) On the Fence. C) Sunset on the Beach. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dracula. 34. Gothic literature started in ..... A) The late 18th century. B) The late 19th century. C) The late 20th century. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The late 18th century. 35. Edgar Allan Poe wrote which thriller about a diseased supernatural entity that wipes out an entire country? A) The Masque of the Red Death. B) The Vampyre. C) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. D) Dracula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Masque of the Red Death. 36. What is the poem's mood? A) Reassuring. B) Despairing. C) Soothing. D) Romantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despairing. 37. While Mr. Hooper delivers his sermon on concealed sin, the parishioners A) Feel that he is looking into their souls. B) Strain to hear the muffled sound of his voice. C) Wonder what is concealed beneath the veil. D) Glance about the church and speculate on their neighbors sins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feel that he is looking into their souls. 38. What genre was Poe given credit for inventing? A) Mystery Fiction. B) Detective Fiction. C) Horror Romance. D) Horror Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detective Fiction. 39. Which of the following IS NOT a gothic author? A) Bram Stoker. B) Mary Shelley. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Frost. 40. Which of the following is an example of moral evil? A) Temptation. B) A murderer. C) A vampire. D) A slasher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temptation. 41. Which of the following is NOT a color of one of the rooms at the party? A) Orange. B) Red. C) Green. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 42. Which of these is a Gothic text? A) Twilight. B) Dracula. C) Frankenstein. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 43. What is a usurer? A) A money-lender. B) A type of lawyer. C) A gambler. D) A bail-bondsman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A money-lender. 44. Which of the locations below would not be suitable for a Gothic story? A) Old church. B) Ancient ruins. C) A shopping mall. D) A dark forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A shopping mall. 45. In "Masque" what is the name of the plague? A) Black plague. B) Black death. C) Red death. D) Red plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red death. 46. What is Southern Gothic a sub-genre of? A) American Gothic style. B) European Gothic style. C) British Gothic style. D) French Gothic style. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) European Gothic style. 47. Where does southern gothic fiction take place? A) Southern Europe. B) South America. C) The American South. D) The American West. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The American South. 48. Off-Kilter Characters are characters who ..... A) Are extremely happy and joyous. B) Are logical. C) Poses some type of superhuman quality. D) Are unusual or unconventional. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are unusual or unconventional. 49. Many of Edgar Allen Poe's characters in his stories were ..... A) Insane. B) Happy. C) Bored. D) Funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insane. 50. The uncanny is ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Fear of the unknown. C) Something familiar but the familiar thing is encountered in a context that is unsettling, unfamiliar, or eerie. D) A disruption in the natural order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something familiar but the familiar thing is encountered in a context that is unsettling, unfamiliar, or eerie. 51. What did the crew do to the albatross? A) They killed it and threw it in the sea. B) They pulled out its feathers. C) They treated it as one of the crew. D) They put it in a cage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They treated it as one of the crew. 52. Which is not TRUE about Characters in Gothic literature? A) Tormented. B) Irrational. C) Physically ill. D) Calm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calm. 53. Gothic Fiction is a genre of literature that combines elements of ..... and ..... A) Fantasy and romance. B) Horror and romance. C) Horror and fantasy. D) Romance and comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horror and romance. 54. Based on its use in the sentence, what is the most likely meaning of "clamoured" ? I reapproached the wall; I replied to the yells of him who clamoured. A) Questioned. B) Complained. C) Climbed. D) Shouted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shouted. 55. Which one represents a Doppleganger? A) Dracula. B) Dr. Jekyl. C) Eve. D) Frankenstein's monster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr. Jekyl. 56. In ambiguous gothic literature, the supernatural elements ..... A) Are real. B) Are not real. C) Might be real or not real. D) Are eventually found to have rational explanations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might be real or not real. 57. At the start of the Fall of the House of Usher, what does the narrator do? A) Helps Usher bury Usher's sister Madeline. B) Listens to Usher's improvisations on the guitar. C) Travels to visit Usher at the Usher's family home. D) Travels with Usher to visit the Usher family home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Travels to visit Usher at the Usher's family home. 58. The gothic mascot is a ..... A) Eagle. B) Unicorn. C) Gargoyle. D) Lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gargoyle. 59. Where was Flannery O'Connor born? A) Charlotte, North Carolina. B) Greenville, South Carolina. C) Augusta, Georgia. D) Savannah, Georgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Savannah, Georgia. 60. The vocabulary used in gothic novels is designed to create what sort of atmosphere? A) An amusing atmosphere. B) A warm atmosphere. C) An ominous atmosphere. D) A mysterious atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An ominous atmosphere. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesGothic Literature Quiz 1Gothic Literature Quiz 2Gothic Literature Quiz 3Gothic Literature Quiz 4Gothic Literature Quiz 6Gothic Literature Quiz 7Gothic Literature Quiz 8The Gothic Novel Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books