This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Gothic Literature – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gothic Literature Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Part B:Which of the following excerpts from "House Taken Over" best supports the inference made in Part A? A) It was pleasant to take lunch and commune with the great hollow, silent house . B) One day I found that the drawer at the bottom of the chiffonier, replete with mothballs, was filled with shawls, white, green, lilac. C) We didn't have to earn our living, there was plenty coming in from the farms each month, even piling up. D) Only a corridor with its massive oak door separated that part from the front wing, where there was a bath, the kitchen, our bedrooms and the hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We didn't have to earn our living, there was plenty coming in from the farms each month, even piling up. 2. What did the gingerbread man put on his bed? A) A teddy bear. B) Fluffy pillows. C) Cookie sheets. D) A piping bag. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cookie sheets. 3. Out of the following answers, which one is a "Gothic Element" ? A) Mystery. B) Loneliness. C) Wild Nature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wild Nature. 4. The setting of "Cask of Amontillado" takes place A) In the catacombs. B) Near the river outside Montresor's palazzo. C) In Fortunato's palazzo. D) At the carnival. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the catacombs. 5. O'Connor's stories are set in ..... A) The rural south. B) The urban south. C) The rural north. D) The urban north. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rural south. 6. 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. 7. Why did the narrator love the story she read? A) She likes creepy stories. B) It drew her into the mind of the narrator. C) She related to the narrator of the story. D) It was her first Gothic Literature peice she had ever read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It drew her into the mind of the narrator. 8. Which of the following is not characteristic of women in Gothic literature A) Sickly. B) Like a "damsel in distress". C) Overpowered by men. D) Mentally superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mentally superior. 9. What is metonymy? A) Replacing words with associated words. B) Removing adjectives from subjects. C) Metaphorical representation of animals. D) Use of evocative phrasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Replacing words with associated words. 10. In "A Rose for Emily, " which of the following events does not foreshadow the ending of the story? A) She buys a package of rat poision. B) She refuses to place metal numbers above her door for free postal delivery. C) Her father turns away potential suitors. D) She becomes an old maid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She becomes an old maid. 11. Which sentence is an example of a pun? A) Rome was not built in one day, and Greece was built in three. B) Raul kept reminding Justin that he should not judge a book by its cover. C) Never bite the hand that feeds you. D) The cow stood in udder amazement when she was unable to produce milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cow stood in udder amazement when she was unable to produce milk. 12. Which author is infamous for using an unreliable narrator? A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) J.K. Rowling. C) Mary Shelly. D) Stephen King. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 13. How do the siblings act when they are awake vs. asleep? A) There is no difference as the text describes them as "peacefully sedate" at all times. B) They are much more restless at night yet calm during the day. C) They are restless and on edge during the day, yet calm at night. D) They are fitful, edgy and paranoid both during the day and at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are much more restless at night yet calm during the day. 14. The following ideass are evident in Gothic literature EXCEPT: A) Reality of war. B) Blood. C) Haunted castle. D) Madness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reality of war. 15. Southern Gothic literature began to become popular around the end of which American war? A) World War I. B) World War II. C) Civil War. D) Vietnam War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) World War II. 16. Why did Usher place his sister's body in the vault? A) He thought the doctors would steal the body. B) He thought there were grave robbers. C) He thought she might be a zombie. D) He wanted to be close to his sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He thought the doctors would steal the body. 17. Who was the most popular Victorian Gothic author? A) Marley Shelley. B) Edgar Allen Poe. C) Doug McIntire. D) William Lancaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edgar Allen Poe. 18. Techniques:What is a noun? A) A doing word. B) A describing word. C) An object or thing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An object or thing. 19. The literal type of Conan Doyles writing A) Archetypal. B) Analogy. C) Allusion. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archetypal. 20. What feature does the narrator notice about the exterior of the house which extends from roof to tarn A) A fissure. B) Fungi. C) Vacant, eye-like windows. D) Fallen masonry. 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