This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Gothic > The Gothic Novel – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Gothic Novel Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is Gothic about the narrative structure of "Frankenstein" ? A) The erratic movement of time and place. B) The readers' unwavering empathy for Frankenstein. C) The reliable narrator. D) The mix of language in terms of voice, diction, and rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The erratic movement of time and place. 2. What literary convention is used pervasively in "The Mysteries of Udolpho" ? A) Satire. B) First-person narration. C) Realism. D) The uncanny doubling of characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The uncanny doubling of characters. 3. When Mary Shelley writes about ghosts, what is her concern? A) People are foolishly superstitious. B) A world devoid of supernatural phenomena is a better world. C) A belief in ghosts is a belief in imagination. D) The personification of nature is regressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A belief in ghosts is a belief in imagination. 4. Who does NOT represent the "new woman" ? A) Antonia. B) Charlotte Perkins Gilman. C) Jane Eyre. D) Mina Murray Harker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonia. 5. Who should NOT be viewed as Prometheus in Shelley's "Frankenstein" ? A) Frankenstein's monster. B) Mary Shelley. C) Robert Walton. D) Frankenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frankenstein's monster. 6. Which psychological issue is NOT typical of the Gothic novel? A) Daydreams. B) Aberrant mental states. C) Violence. D) Sexual rapacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daydreams. 7. What does the character Dracula symbolize in the novel? A) Modern science. B) The consciousness. C) Theories of evolution. D) Ancient evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ancient evil. 8. All of the following define the Gothic EXCEPT: A) The unknown. B) Transgression. C) Reason. D) The grotesque. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reason. 9. What role does Rosario play in the Gothic atmosphere of "The Monk" ? A) Queer provocateur. B) Heroine in distress. C) Angel in the house. D) Pursued protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queer provocateur. 10. For what historical event did the Gothic serve as a metaphor? A) The American Revolution. B) The French Revolution. C) The Battle of Waterloo. D) The Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The French Revolution. 11. Which of the following is NOT a theme of "The Castle of Otranto" ? A) Unnatural forces overwhelming human endeavor. B) The rupture of the everyday by acts of violence. C) The destruction of humanity through scientific experimentation. D) The return of the past to the present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The destruction of humanity through scientific experimentation. 12. The vampire myth is NOT associated with which of the following? A) Incest. B) Life rituals with blood. C) The fear of dying. D) The fear of being buried alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incest. 13. All of the following refer to "the uncanny" EXCEPT: A) A psychoanalytic term that explains terror. B) The supernatural. C) "Unheimlich". D) A sense of uncomfortable strangeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The supernatural. 14. To whom is the concept of the uncanny attributed? A) Sigmund Freud. B) Edmund Lewis. C) Edmund Burke. D) Mary Shelley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sigmund Freud. 15. What is the significance of "the Other" in Gothic novels? A) They are almost always the subjects of omens and curses. B) They are typically heroes. C) They always express deviant sexual tendencies. D) They are perceived as dangerous because they are unknown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are perceived as dangerous because they are unknown. 16. In "The Castle of Otranto" which attitude does Walpole express towards primogeniture? A) It is a necessary part of the social order. B) It is essentially fair. C) It is monstrous. D) It will naturally fall out of favor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is monstrous. 17. In what way does Radcliffe depart from Walpole's earlier tradition? A) She creates a strong male hero to rescue Emily. B) She is not concerned with issues of rightful inheritance. C) She sets the novel in present day. D) She resolves the appearance of supernatural phenomena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She resolves the appearance of supernatural phenomena. 18. What constitutes a "monstrous Other" in "The Yellow Wallpaper" ? A) Cousin Henry and Julia. B) Reading. C) Writing. D) John. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John. 19. In "Jane Eyre" how does Bertha NOT trouble the patriarchy? A) She is sexually deviant. B) She exemplifies unfeminine anger. C) She is not submissive. D) She is understood to be mad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She is understood to be mad. 20. The popularity of which Gothic novelist is parodied in Austen's "Northanger Abbey" ? A) Horace Walpole. B) Ann Radcliffe. C) Matthew Lewis. D) Mary Shelley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ann Radcliffe. Next →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesThe Gothic Novel Quiz 2The Gothic Novel Quiz 3The Gothic Novel Quiz 4Gothic Literature Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books