What have literary critics read into the vampirism in Stoker’s “Dracula” ?

A. The novel presents the vampire count as a father-figure of great power.
B. The vampire represents a beloved father who seeks to gather together all the women and young men (sons).
C. The vampire represents sexual impotence.
D. The vampire represents the future.

Which cultural theme is NOT referenced in Stoker’s “Dracula” ?

A. Imperialism
B. The woman question
C. Labor unions
D. Theories of darwinian evolution

How does the use of Gothic architecture assist the Gothic novelist ?

A. It engenders confusion for both the novel’s protagonist and readers.
B. It offers a secure refuge for the novel’s protagonist.
C. It provides the space for a large community of people to congregate.
D. It represents the glory of a bygone age.

Why has Bertha been characterized as the “madwoman in the attic” by literary scholars ?

A. To represent the expansion of gothic literary spaces from only subterranean spaces to attics as well
B. To represent the shift from the male gothic villain to the female gothic villain in the victorian gothic novel
C. To make reference to the rise of personal responsibility in victorian england for the care of the sick and insane
D. To make an ironic statement about the point of view and marginalization of the “other” in victorian england

Which of the following terms is most closely related to the phrase “the explained supernatural” ?

A. The uncanny
B. The fallen world
C. The “other”
D. The sublime

How is the concept of “the new woman” Gothic ?

A. It represents a “doubling” of queen victoria by english women as they remake themselves in her image.
B. It represents the “transformation” of the traditional victorian woman from the private sphere to the public sphere.
C. It represents the rise in psychological pathologies or “madness” in women in the late 19th century.
D. It represents the “pollution” of the ideal woman by foreign influences.

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.

In “Dracula” what does the death of Lucy suggest ?

A. That sexual purity was less important than society’s safety
B. That female sexuality is dangerous and must be destroyed
C. That women are not one-dimensional
D. That men consider themselves responsible for their own fates

What do scholars Michael O’Rourke and David Collings argue about “Queer Romanticism” ?

A. Romantic literary criticism has been stubbornly limited with regard to queer readings.
B. Deviant sexuality, including homosexuality, has historically been associated with romantic literature.
C. The sexual lives of romantic-era authors are not relevant to our understanding of queer romanticism.
D. The “queer gothic” is understudied.

“It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer.” How does this opening sentence of Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” NOT immediately suggest the Gothic ?

A. The reference to ancestral halls
B. The uncommon nature of the event
C. The first-person narrator
D. The dichotomy between the concepts of ordinary and estate