This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Gothic > Gothic Literature – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gothic Literature Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In "The Masque of the Red Death, " who dies at the end of the story? A) Prospero only. B) Prospero's guests only. C) The red death masquerader. D) Prospero and all of his guests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prospero and all of his guests. 2. A lexical verb is A) A verb that helps out another verb. B) A verb that describes and action or state of being. C) A word that describes a verb. D) A verb that shows the probability or certainty of something happening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A verb that describes and action or state of being. 3. What lesson do Prince Prospero and his courtiers learn? A) The ebony clock is evil. B) Black rooms are bad luck. C) Helping the poor is good. D) No one can outwit death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No one can outwit death. 4. When the Raven says, "Nevermore, " the speaker takes this response to be- A) The words of an evil spirit. B) A message from Lenore. C) The bird's name. D) A prophecy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bird's name. 5. When the narrator in "The Black Cat" buries his wife in the wall, which Gothic technique used? A) Revenge. B) Enclosure/claustrophobia. C) Family curse. D) Cemetery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enclosure/claustrophobia. 6. How did Roderick and the Narrator meet? A) Work. B) Theater. C) Pub. D) As childhood friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As childhood friends. 7. Which word cannot describe the mood in Gothic literature? A) Spooky. B) Gloomy. C) Eerie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 8. Whose story included a building of a wall in a basement A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Stephen King. C) Mary Shelley. D) Katherine Mansfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 9. All of these events can usually be found in the Gothic, apart from ..... A) Murder. B) People going mad. C) Kidnapping. D) Song and dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Song and dance. 10. Which language technique is demonstrated in the following sentence:'The crunch and snap of brittle leaves and twigs echoed in the forest.' A) Alliteration. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Sibilance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 11. In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death, " the speaker's gown was made of gossamer which is A) The wings of butterflies. B) Material spun by fairies. C) Cobwebs spun by small spiders. D) Taffeta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cobwebs spun by small spiders. 12. In "The Monkey's Paw, " what is outside the door after Mr. White's second wish? A) The man from Maw and Meggins. B) Herbert, back from the dead. C) Sergeant Morris. D) The monkey looking for his missing paw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbert, back from the dead. 13. What are the characteristics of romanticism? A) Science. B) History. C) Nature. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature. 14. What feature listed below is not found outside of the House of Usher? A) Decayed trees. B) Minute fungi. C) A dark tarn. D) Abandoned graveyard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abandoned graveyard. 15. What was the overall mood/feeling in the story "House Taken Over? " A) Lonely. B) Creepy. C) Violent. D) Depressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creepy. 16. When an author provides hints of what's to come, this is called ..... A) Flashback. B) Allusion. C) Foreshadowing. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 17. The sublime is ..... A) The supernatural. B) A catastrophe. C) A greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement, or imitation. D) A characters journey into the unknown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement, or imitation. 18. Which is not an example of a Gothic character? A) Colonel Sartoris. B) Emily Grierson. C) The raven. D) Dr. Heidegger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colonel Sartoris. 19. Which of the following is an element of Gothic fiction A) Symbolism. B) Heightened vocabulary. C) Supernatural events. D) Confusing story lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supernatural events. 20. Mournful or dismal A) Modest. B) Lugubrious. C) Festive. D) Mirthful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lugubrious. 21. An allegory is defined as: A) The foil of a character. B) Reference to historical figure. C) A story that illustrates a lesson within its plot. D) A story illustrating an idea or moral in which objects take on symbolic meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A story illustrating an idea or moral in which objects take on symbolic meaning. 22. What famous book series was written by Stephenie Meyer A) The Hunger Games series. B) The Field Party series. C) The Twilight Series. D) The Junie B. Jones series. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Twilight Series. 23. Southern Gothic stories include A) Oppression. B) Borken characters. C) Southern settings. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. One way to annotate is to create ..... that you have about the text. A) Unfamiliar words. B) Themes. C) Questions. D) Connections. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Questions. 25. Metonymy is very similar to what literary device? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 26. Did Mr. Hooper wear the veil for the rest of his life? A) I don't care. B) Maybe so. C) Yes. D) No,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 27. Gothic literature was also called ..... A) Joyful romanticism. B) Dark romanticism. C) Sad romanticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dark romanticism. 28. Character that creates conflict/problems for the protagonist: A) Influencer. B) Deity. C) Antagonist. D) Egoist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 29. What kind of story does Hawthorne call this? A) Parable. B) Episode. C) Romance. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parable. 30. Southern gothic literature focuses on what? A) The historical events and aspects of southern society. B) Southern food and daily life. C) The shortcomings of southern culture. D) The landscape of the American south. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The shortcomings of southern culture. 31. "Vacant eye-like windows" are an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 32. What was the first Gothic novel called? A) The Picture of Dorian Gray. B) Frankenstein. C) The Castle of Otranto. D) Jane Eyre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Castle of Otranto. 33. Gothic texts rarely have A) Heroic males. B) Heroic females. C) Unreliable narrators. D) Cursed families. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heroic females. 34. In "The Masque of the Red Death, " what is true about the seven rooms? A) All different colors. B) Very small. C) Smell like flowers. D) All have hidden passageways. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All different colors. 35. What is romanticism? A) Something happening with love. B) A movement in art and literature. C) The state or quality of being in love. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A movement in art and literature. 36. What is an omen? A) A horrifying dream. B) A sign that something bad might happen. C) Foreshadowing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 37. Which aspect of the old man vexes the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" ? A) His old house. B) His children. C) His clouded blue eye. D) His wrinkled face. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His clouded blue eye. 38. When the author says she met Poe in print when she was 14 years old, what does this mean? A) She met Poe at 14. B) She met Poe at her grandmother's house at 14 years old. C) She read Poe's work at 14 years old. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She read Poe's work at 14 years old. 39. The 20th century Gothic movement is particularly well-known for ..... A) Its comic strips. B) Its films. C) Its paintings. D) Its books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its films. 40. The speaker can best be described as a- A) Lonely, elderly man longing for visitors. B) Magician conjuring up evil spirits. C) Poet seeking inspiration for a new work. D) Melancholy person trying to forget a great tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melancholy person trying to forget a great tragedy. 41. Gothic literature was associated with ..... A) The Enlightenment. B) Romanticism. C) Realism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism. 42. What type of unreliable narrator would be found in Gothic Horror? A) The Innocent. B) The Liar. C) The Criminal. D) The Madman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Madman. 43. What do the colors of the seven chambers represent? A) Death. B) The stages of life. C) Disease and power. D) Parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The stages of life. 44. What best describes Gothic Literature? A) Style of writing that is characterised by elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements. B) Style of writing that is characterised by elements of love and happiness, as well as consequences. C) Death. D) Suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Style of writing that is characterised by elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements. 45. What literary device is used when characters talk to one another or to themselves? A) Dialouge. B) Imagry. C) Exposition. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialouge. 46. What did the black veil represent? A) His reflection. B) Looking into the darkness. C) He got sunburnt. D) Hidden sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hidden sin. 47. What is the theme of The Masque of the Red Death? A) God punishes sinners. B) Time passes slowly. C) Wealth cannot protect anyone from death. D) One shouldn't attend parties uninvited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wealth cannot protect anyone from death. 48. Which phrase or words best describe Gothic Literature? A) Victorian, blood-curdling, violent, fiction. B) Non-fiction, modern, religious. C) Action-packed, modern satire,. D) Romantic, slap-stick comedy, light-hearted,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victorian, blood-curdling, violent, fiction. 49. Magical realism includes all of the following except ..... A) Realistic settings. B) Fantastic events. C) Recurring symbols. D) Ordinary characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recurring symbols. 50. Most Gothic tales blend what two otherworldly and worldly concepts? A) The Supernatural and the Psychological. B) The Old and the New. C) Violence and Machinery. D) Reason and Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Supernatural and the Psychological. 51. When do you think this story took place? A) 1805. B) 2050. C) 1692. D) 1994. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1805. 52. The following location is where a story of gothic literature might take place. A) Boring school classro. B) Frickyfreshboy's backyard. C) Crumbling and mysterious castle. D) Happy and new farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crumbling and mysterious castle. 53. Who wrote The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? A) Jane Austen. B) Coleridge. C) William Faulkner. D) R.L. Stevenson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) R.L. Stevenson. 54. Which of the following is the BEST way to describe a narrative? A) Something that tells a story. B) Something that explains a topic. C) Something that tells a Gothic story. D) Something that is dark and mysterious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that tells a story. 55. Gothic Cathedrals had many aspects that made them seem like what? A) Awe and fear. B) Anger and frustration. C) Delight and happiness. D) Down and mello. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awe and fear. 56. Many consider terminal illnesses to be a kind of ..... A) Supernatural evil. B) Neutral evil. C) Moral evil. D) Physical evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physical evil. 57. What is a theme in "The Monkey's Paw? " A) Money is the root of all evil. B) Mothers protect their children. C) Hard work leads to success. D) Be careful what you wish for. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be careful what you wish for. 58. How much money did Edgar Allan Poe make for writing "The Raven" ? A) $ 35. B) $ 14. C) $ 13. D) $ 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $ 14. 59. Who wrote "The Tell Tale Heart" ? A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Emily Bronte. C) William Shakespeare. D) Jane Eyre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 60. Unreliable narrators usually occur with the following point of view: A) 2nd person. B) 3rd person omniscient. C) 1st person. D) 3rd person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st person. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesGothic Literature Quiz 1Gothic Literature Quiz 2Gothic Literature Quiz 3Gothic Literature Quiz 4Gothic Literature Quiz 5Gothic Literature Quiz 7Gothic Literature Quiz 8The Gothic Novel Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books