This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Gothic > Gothic Literature – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gothic Literature Quiz 22 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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) Supernatural. B) Macabre. C) Isolation. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macabre. 5. What did the windows look like? A) Noses. B) Squares. C) Circles. D) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eyes. 6. What country did the northern Gothic tribes invade? A) United States. B) Europe. C) Ireland. D) New England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Europe. 7. In "The Monkey's Paw" , what was special about the paw? A) The paw granted unlimited wishes. B) The paw granted 3 wishes. C) The paw was a valuable artifact. D) The paw belonged to a famous king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The paw granted 3 wishes. 8. 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. 9. Which of the following characters might be found in a Gothic story? A) A powerful superhero. B) A beautiful unicorn. C) A futuristic alien. D) A woman in distress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A woman in distress. 10. Gothic literature branched off from what type of literature? A) Realistic. B) Fictional. C) Medieval. D) Romantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romantic. 11. 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. 12. Which of these traits might you find? A) Hope. B) Optimism. C) Decay. D) Laughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decay. 13. What color tint were the windows that made the narrator feel uneasy? A) Red. B) Blue. C) Green. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red. 14. Which of the following was the first work of Gothic literature? A) Frankenstein. B) Dracula. C) The Castle of Otranto. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Castle of Otranto. 15. The characters in William Faulkner's stories and novels A) Struggle with poverty and homelessness. B) Struggle to make sense of a world that has moved on without them. C) Struggle with the political hierarchy. D) Struggle with the local law enforcement that oppresses them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Struggle to make sense of a world that has moved on without them. 16. 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. 17. What happens to Annabel Lee in the poem? A) She is stolen away by another man. B) She falls ill and dies. C) She is killed by a family member. D) She is captured by another kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She falls ill and dies. 18. What happened to Laura when she tried attending typing classes? A) She got so nervous she was sick. B) She passed the entire class on the first day. C) She couldn't afford to keep going. D) She met a boy she liked and dropped out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She got so nervous she was sick. 19. What was the setting? Choose the answer that is the MOST correct. A) The story took place at her grandmother's house in the past. B) The story took place at her grandmother's house during a windy, stormy night. C) The story took place when it was rainy and dark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The story took place at her grandmother's house during a windy, stormy night. 20. The first Gothic novel was A) Dracula. B) Frankenstein. C) Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesGothic Literature Quiz 1Gothic Literature Quiz 2Gothic Literature Quiz 3Gothic Literature Quiz 4Gothic Literature Quiz 5Gothic Literature Quiz 6Gothic Literature Quiz 7Gothic Literature Quiz 8Gothic Literature Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books