English Literature Mcqs
All of the following are ways in which “The Castle of Otranto” reflects the values of Enlightenment England EXCEPT_________________?

A. The concern for the sanctity of legal inheritance
B. The interest in the lessons and values of the middle ages for england in the 18th century
C. The support for the british class system
D. The belief in british superiority to foreign countries

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

In what way does Gothic-style architecture complement the themes of the Gothic novel ?

A. The ethereal quality of the interior space of gothic architecture
B. The scientific advancement of the ribbed vault and flying buttress associated with gothic architecture
C. The reduction in width of the stone masonry in gothic architecture
D. The immense scale typical of gothic structures

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.

Why do critics see Frankenstein’s monster as equivalent to the Biblical Adam ?

A. His habitat is equivalent to the garden of eden.
B. He is a mistake.
C. He is the first of his kind.
D. He is responsible for the burden of original sin.

Why does Horace Walpole make use of elaborate machines in “The Castle of Otranto” ?

A. To encourage rational evaluation rather than arouse emotional reactions
B. To emphasize the importance of character development over action
C. To assist with the flight and pursuit of villains and their prey
D. To support the growth and development of machinery in the 18th century

Why do scholars consider the first wave of the English Gothic novel an aspect of Romanticism ?

A. The use of poetic prose in the gothic novel
B. The gothic novel’s interest in the apocalyptic prophecies found in hebrew and christian scriptures
C. The ascendency of human reason in the gothic novel
D. The representation of contemporary life in the gothic novel

Why does one scholar suggest that “The Monk” represents literary transvestism ?

A. The habited nuns
B. Ambrosio’s rape and murder of his sister
C. Lewis’s use of a female pseudonym in the original edition
D. Lewis’s choiceof a feminine literary genre

How does Frankenstein’s monster learn about the Garden of Eden ?

A. He reads the bible.
B. He is taught by victor about the bible.
C. He reads milton’s “paradise lost.”
D. He listens outside church services.

What does the term “angel in the house” signify ?

A. The idea that women should advise men
B. The idea that the victorian woman represents “the new woman”
C. The idea that women are pure and morally superior to men
D. The idea that confinement in the home may induce madness