This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Gothic > Gothic Literature – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gothic Literature Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where did Gothic architecture begin? A) Spain. B) Untied States. C) China. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) France. 2. The sequence of events that make up a story is called ..... A) Climax. B) Setting. C) Exposition. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plot. 3. Her smile lit up the room A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Arson. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. Which of these is NOT used as a physical device in Gothic literature A) Secret Room. B) Escalator. C) Hidden Passage. D) Trapdoor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Escalator. 5. Typically, Southern Gothic literature also has a character who is A) An innocent. B) A god. C) A monster. D) A knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An innocent. 6. In Poe's Tell Tale Heart, how does the narrator describe the eye? A) He says it is beautiful. B) He says it is very focused. C) He says it is the eye of a vulture. D) He says it is all-seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He says it is the eye of a vulture. 7. What is unusual about the Usher family tree? A) There were many family members. B) All the family members were rich and well-known. C) The family tree didn't branch out to any other families. D) All the family members before met a gruesome death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The family tree didn't branch out to any other families. 8. Which author does NOT belong to the 19th century Gothic literature? A) Coleridge. B) Mary Shelley. C) Oscar Wilde. D) Edgar Allan Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coleridge. 9. Many of Poe's characters suffer from what? A) Nightmares. B) Tuberculosis. C) Questionable sanity. D) Thanatophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Questionable sanity. 10. Southern Gothic literature often relies on A) A cast of misfit characters. B) A cast of diseased characters. C) A cast of honorable characters. D) A cast of evil characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cast of misfit characters. 11. What is Mr. Hooper's occupation? A) Club owner. B) Doctor. C) Minister. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minister. 12. What is one of the most common ways that Gothic Literature indicates mood? A) Through a description of emotions. B) Through a description of the weather. C) Through a description of clothing. D) Through a description of a conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through a description of the weather. 13. In 1829, Mrs. Allan died of ..... A) Brain cancer. B) Tuberculosis. C) Pneumonia. D) Scarlet fever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuberculosis. 14. Gothic Literature was a branch of what movement? A) The Romanticism. B) Marxism. C) The Renaissance. D) The Enlightment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Romanticism. 15. Southern Gothic writers often include ..... A) Technology. B) Reason. C) Flawed heroes. D) The wealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flawed heroes. 16. Which of the following is a doppleganger? A) Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. B) Superman and Wonder Woman. C) Dr. Frankenstein and the monster. D) Elizabeth and Dr. Frankenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. 17. Where does the name for Gothic literature come from? A) The Goths, which were a group of Germanic people. B) The alternative clothing, music, and makeup style. C) An architecture style that was popular throughout Europe. D) It's the name of a famous author in the genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An architecture style that was popular throughout Europe. 18. Horace Walpole's 1764 novel, The Castle of Otranto, is often credited with being the first Gothic novel. Can you name its villain? A) Manfred. B) Dracula. C) Wilfred. D) Frankenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manfred. 19. In "The Monkey's Paw, " Mr. White refuses to help his wife open the door because he is A) Concerned that the house will be too cold. B) Afraid that his second wish has come true. C) Weakened by his grief. D) Angry that she awakened him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afraid that his second wish has come true. 20. Frankenstein is partly about the fear of ..... A) Science. B) Industry. C) Life. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science. 21. Who begged Mr. Hooper to take of the veil for the sake of his holy office? A) Children of the church. B) His fiancee, Elizabeth. C) Mr. Clark. D) Mr. Burger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His fiancee, Elizabeth. 22. What was the piece the narrator read? A) The Masque of the Red Death. B) The Fall of the House of Usher. C) The Cask of Amontillado. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Cask of Amontillado. 23. What are two elements that authors use to create mood in literature? A) Characterization + setting. B) Word choice + characterization. C) Setting + foreshadwoing. D) Setting + word choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting + word choice. 24. What was Mary Shelley's father? A) Chemist. B) Philosopher. C) Professor. D) Engineer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philosopher. 25. Which of the following is an example of a supernatural creature? A) A mailman. B) A vampire. C) A black cat. D) A baby bat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A vampire. 26. In Southern Gothic stories, one character is set apart from the world because of A) A wheelchair. B) A superpower. C) Redeeming qualities. D) A disability or oddity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A disability or oddity. 27. Which of the following is the adjective form of the noun demonstration? A) Demonstratively. B) Demonstrably. C) Demonstrative. D) Demonstrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demonstrative. 28. Which of these lexical verbs would not be likely to see in Gothic literature A) Giggled. B) Fell. C) Screamed. D) Fainted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giggled. 29. What is a Revenant? A) Ghostly being who returns to life for revenge. B) A ghost who haunts the characters, in a gothic novel. C) A person who shows reverence, such as at a funeral. D) A person who seeks revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghostly being who returns to life for revenge. 30. Which Poe fact is not true? A) He was adopted by the Allan family. B) He died at age 20. C) His mother died from tuberculosis. D) He left college due to gambling debts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He died at age 20. 31. Feeling, emotion or mood conveyed in the story. Achieved through the setting and objects. A) Atmosphere. B) Globe. C) Impression. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere. 32. What swallows up the house? A) A fire. B) A tornado. C) The moat. D) A hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The moat. 33. What do we find a lot of in Southern Gothic literature? A) Romance. B) Comedy. C) Satire. D) The Grotesque. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Grotesque. 34. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde mainly discusses a battle between .....? A) Man and beast. B) Man and women. C) Science and emotions. D) Good and evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good and evil. 35. In Poe's Masque of the Red Death, How do Prince Prospero's guests react to the black room? A) They fear it and do not want to enter it. B) They find it to be exciting and interesting. C) They avoid it because it is too dark. D) They are awed by its incredible beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They fear it and do not want to enter it. 36. 'An implication or feeling that something bad will happen later in the story'-Which Gothic feature is this the definition for? A) Foreshadowing. B) Tension. C) Foreboding. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreboding. 37. In "Masque" what happened to the Prince? A) He turned to stone. B) He was incinerated to dust. C) He collapsed and died. D) He was poisoned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He collapsed and died. 38. In most Southern Gothic texts, the protagonist is ..... A) Is extremely wealthy and loses it all!. B) Makes a regrettable decision but learns a hard lesson. C) Is separated from society/the family. D) Is betrayed by a loved one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes a regrettable decision but learns a hard lesson. 39. In "Masque" what was behind the ghastly figure's mask? A) Nothing. B) The prince. C) A dead person. D) It wasn't a mask. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing. 40. Ruined castles, abandoned buildings, mansions, and graveyards are all an example of what? A) Gothic plot. B) Gothic setting. C) Gothic characters. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gothic setting. 41. In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death, " "the Setting Sun" in stanza 3 is connotative for? A) Life. B) Regret. C) Forgiveness. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 42. What year was the idea romanticism originated? A) 18th century. B) 20th century. C) 19th century. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18th century. 43. "The fog rose casting a blueish hue over the yard." The word "hue" in the story meant A) Light. B) Dark. C) Shadow. D) Color. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Color. 44. Which of these is unlikely to occur in a Gothic novel? A) The appearance of an omen. B) A boy wizard sent to a magic school. C) Something force beyond the control of the main character. D) An ancient curse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A boy wizard sent to a magic school. 45. Who was credited for inventing Gothic Architecture? A) Allen Poe. B) Mary Shelley. C) Abbot Suger. D) Mrs. Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abbot Suger. 46. Whose treasure does "Old Scratch" guard? A) Blackbeard. B) Captain Jack Sparrow. C) Kidd the Pirate. D) Captain Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kidd the Pirate. 47. All of the following are reoccurring characters in O'connor's work EXCEPT A) Bratty children. B) Athletic teenagers. C) Pious frauds. D) Racists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athletic teenagers. 48. Ferociously, the wolf bared its teeth and growled. In fear, the boy whimpered and began to cover his face. A) Contrast. B) Hyperbole. C) Exaggeration. D) Lies, all lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contrast. 49. In "House of Usher, " why did Usher want to bury Madeline in the house? A) To avoid the doctors stealing her body. B) He was too weak to go to the burial plot. C) To keep her close by, even in death. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To avoid the doctors stealing her body. 50. A series of main events that leads to the climax. A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Falling Action. D) 'Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Rising Action. 51. What is the highest, most suspense-building, part of the story? A) Falling Action. B) Setting. C) Climax. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 52. Which word belongs in the blank? One of the elements of Gothic literature is ..... settings like decaying castles, haunted houses, and trapdoors or cellars. A) Isolation. B) Macabre. C) Fear. D) Supernatural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macabre. 53. What did the windows look like? A) Circles. B) Eyes. C) Noses. D) Squares. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eyes. 54. What country did the northern Gothic tribes invade? A) United States. B) Europe. C) Ireland. D) New England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Europe. 55. In "The Monkey's Paw" , what was special about the paw? A) The paw was a valuable artifact. B) The paw belonged to a famous king. C) The paw granted unlimited wishes. D) The paw granted 3 wishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The paw granted 3 wishes. 56. In Portrait, what does the mother want for her daughter? A) A gentleman caller. B) A friend. C) More figuries. D) A high paying career. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A gentleman caller. 57. Which of the following characters might be found in a Gothic story? A) A powerful superhero. B) A woman in distress. C) A beautiful unicorn. D) A futuristic alien. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A woman in distress. 58. Gothic literature branched off from what type of literature? A) Medieval. B) Fictional. C) Romantic. D) Realistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romantic. 59. Emily Grierson exhibited which Southern gothic trait? A) Morbid and grotesque character. B) Madness. C) Oppressed personality. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. Which of these traits might you find? A) Laughter. B) Decay. C) Optimism. D) Hope. 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