Gothic Literature Quiz 9 (20 MCQs)

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1. Southern Gothic literature is a genre of Southern writing that:

Correct Answer: D) All are correct.

2. Why is The Minister's Black Veil a parable?

Correct Answer: C) Moral themes are crucially important.

3. Poe, as a gothic writer, was preoccupied with .....

Correct Answer: B) Death.

4. What describes a character's personality, traits, and actions?

Correct Answer: A) Characterization.

5. How does Mr. Hooper respond when the parishioners first react to his veil?

Correct Answer: A) He nods kindly at them.

6. An object or idea is given human traits or qualities

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

7. Isolated protagonist, villains, and wanderers are all an example of what?

Correct Answer: A) Gothic characters.

8. When Dr. Frankenstein removes corpses from their graves this is called

Correct Answer: A) Body snatching.

9. In this book, a young man keeps his beauty as he grows old while his portrait becomes hideous. This book is .....

Correct Answer: C) The Picture of Dorian Gray.

10. A synonym of dreary is

Correct Answer: C) Dark.

11. In Poe's Tell Tale Heart, how do the police find out who killed the old man?

Correct Answer: C) The narrator shrieks "I admit the deed!".

12. What would we NOT expect to find in a Gothic setting?

Correct Answer: C) Busy crowds.

13. Why do mummies like the holidays so much?

Correct Answer: D) They love all the wrapping.

14. What does Santa use to clean his sleigh?

Correct Answer: A) Santa-tizer.

15. Prince Prospero objects to the masked stranger because he:

Correct Answer: C) Is costumed as a victim of the Red Death.

16. This is when the questioner knows the answer already, or an answer is not actually demanded

Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question.

17. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?

Correct Answer: B) Frostbite.

18. What is sometimes true about the setting of novels in Gothic Literature?

Correct Answer: B) Revolves around a castle or mansion.

19. "My grandmother broke my reverie by bustling into the room." The word "reverie" in the story meant:

Correct Answer: B) Day dream.

20. Because of the more mysterious themes of gothic literature, the genre is said to be .....

Correct Answer: A) Dark Romanticism.