Gothic Literature Quiz 5 (20 MCQs)

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1. Men are often .....

Correct Answer: D) In a rage in reflection of unseen inner torment.

2. According to Hawthorne, what is the saddest of all prisons?

Correct Answer: A) One's own heart.

3. Who is the real monster in Frankenstein?

Correct Answer: A) Society.

4. What is a doppleganger?

Correct Answer: B) Ghostly counterpart of another person.

5. One characteristic of Dark Romantic literature is that:

Correct Answer: C) There was often a supernatural element.

6. What emotion was most abundant in this book?

Correct Answer: C) Sadness.

7. In what century did Gothic literature begin?

Correct Answer: A) 18th.

8. Edgar's birth mother, Eliza, .....

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

9. Who wrote the Original Gothic Fiction book?

Correct Answer: C) Horacio Walpole.

10. What is the Mariner forced to do by the crew?

Correct Answer: B) Wear the albatross around his neck.

11. Transgression is .....

Correct Answer: B) Pushing the boundaries.

12. The mood of Gothic literature is almost always

Correct Answer: B) Gloomy.

13. What year did Edgar Allan Poe die?

Correct Answer: D) 1849.

14. The reader can understand what from Elizabeth's talk with Mr. Hooper?

Correct Answer: A) Hooper is doomed to be lonely.

15. How did the doctor greet the narrator upon his arrival?

Correct Answer: A) Rudely.

16. Forget community-who were Gothic writers interested in?

Correct Answer: D) The Individual and Isolation.

17. What does horror mean?

Correct Answer: A) An intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.

18. Murder, family secrets, suicide, and exorcisms are all an example of what?

Correct Answer: B) Gothic plot.

19. Who does Old Scratch say he represents?

Correct Answer: D) Those who were wrongfully persecuted by white men.

20. What was the tone of the story?

Correct Answer: A) Dark/thought provoking.