In what century and in what literary era was the first Gothic novel written ?

A. 17th century; enlightenment
B. 18th century; enlightenment
C. 18th century; romanticism
D. 19th century; romanticism

Based on your readings for the course, which of the following best states how critics often interpret the dead hand in “The Castle of Otranto” ?

A. The hand represents the superiority of the enlightenment over medievalism.
B. The hand symbolizes the danger of marriage.
C. The hand signifies the mysterious pull of the labyrinth.
D. The hand represents the claim of primogeniture over the living.

In “Dracula” what is the significance of the typewriter ?

A. It allows women to participate in the novel.
B. It serves as a path to the public sphere for women.
C. It is a less effective tool than traditional folklore weapons.
D. It becomes a way to conceal information.

Which character best represents the concept of terror versus that of horror in Lewis’s “The Monk” ?

A. Agnes
B. Ambrosio
C. Baptiste
D. Matilda

In “The Yellow Wallpaper” what does Gilman suggest about madness ?

A. That it is necessary to contain mad women
B. That it is an artificial patriarchal tool
C. That men also are mad
D. That female madness is a serious obstacle to women’s liberation

How does Lewis portray the Catholic confessional in “The Monk”?

A. As a path to redemption
B. As a necessary control
C. As a voyeuristic activity
D. As a model for contemporary police work

To whom is the concept of the uncanny attributed ?

A. Sigmund freud
B. Edmund lewis
C. Edmund burke
D. Mary shelley

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

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.

What is Strawberry Hill ?

A. The ancestral home of ann radcliffe
B. The ancestral home of horacewalpole
C. One of the settings in “the mysteries of udolpho”
D. The inspiration for “the castle of otranto”