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- A. Antonia's death
- B. Matilda's dressing as Rosario
- C. Agnes's admittance to the convent
- D. The magic mirror
Explanation: Matilda’s disguise as Rosario is primarily a device of seduction, gender disguise and sexual transgression, not an image of a woman being…
Correct answer: Matilda's dressing as Rosario- A. Queer provocateur
- B. Heroine in distress
- C. Angel in the house
- D. Pursued protagonist
Explanation: Rosario, who is actually Matilda in disguise, unsettles conventional gender and sexual identities and helps create the novel’s provocative…
Correct answer: Queer provocateur- A. Religious upheaval
- B. The presence of omens
- C. The curse of immorality
- D. Insanity
Explanation: The Wandering Jew embodies an apparently endless punishment linked with sin and moral transgression, so the motif suggests a curse of…
Correct answer: The curse of immorality- A. Each owner upends the prevailing law of the land.
- B. Both are former palaces.
- C. The owners of each had mistresses.
- D. On the outside they look like homes, but on the inside they are prisons
Explanation: Bridewell was originally a palace that was converted into a prison, whereas Thornfield is presented as a private residence concealing…
Correct answer: Both are former palaces.- A. Valancourt's character
- B. Emily's misfortunes
- C. The plot
- D. Emily's mind
Explanation: Emily’s misfortunes, the plot and her troubled mind all follow maze-like patterns of uncertainty and delayed discovery.
Correct answer: Valancourt's character- 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.
Explanation: Like Adam, the monster is the first created being of his kind, brought into existence without a predecessor.
Correct answer: He is the first of his kind.- A. She is sexually deviant.
- B. She exemplifies unfeminine anger.
- C. She is not submissive.
- D. She is understood to be mad.
Explanation: Bertha’s madness enables the patriarchal order to dismiss and confine her, rather than allowing her resistance to remain a social…
Correct answer: She is understood to be mad.- 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
Explanation: The medieval values revived by Gothic fiction often challenge rather than reflect Enlightenment ideals of reason and progress.
Correct answer: The interest in the lessons and values of the Middle Ages for England in the 18th century149. What Gothic literary convention did NOT originate with Horace Walpole's "The Castle of Otranto" ?
- A. The ancestral castle
- B. Psychological terror
- C. The supernatural
- D. Physical violence
Explanation: The Castle of Otranto established major Gothic features such as the ancestral castle, supernatural intervention, and spectacular violence.
Correct answer: Psychological terror- 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
Explanation: The “angel in the house,” drawn especially from Coventry Patmore’s poem, idealises the Victorian woman as pure, self-sacrificing…
Correct answer: The idea that women are pure and morally superior to men- 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.
Explanation: The creature discovers the story of creation and the Garden of Eden by reading Milton’s Paradise Lost among the De Lacey family’s books.
Correct answer: He reads Milton's "Paradise Lost."- 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
Explanation: The reference points to the conspicuous presence of nuns in habits, where clothing, religious identity, sexuality, and gender performance…
Correct answer: The habited nuns- 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
Explanation: Walpole uses oversized supernatural machinery, such as the giant helmet and other startling apparitions, to drive rapid pursuit and…
Correct answer: To assist with the flight and pursuit of villains and their prey- A. She leaves home in search of adventure.
- B. She takes control of her own money.
- C. She rejects her aunt's invitation to travel to Italy.
- D. She converts to Catholicism.
Explanation: Emily shows initiative by taking control of her own financial affairs, an important step towards independence in a world where women are…
Correct answer: She takes control of her own money.- A. They provide relief from the real world.
- B. They prophesy future destruction.
- C. They are part of the unconscious controlled by science.
- D. They obscure deep emotions.
Explanation: Dreams in Frankenstein often foreshadow destruction and expose the consequences of Victor's actions, especially through his fearful…
Correct answer: They prophesy future destruction.- A. The castle represents the presence of newer technologies.
- B. The castle signifies the ruin of feudal medievalism.
- C. The castle symbolizes the desire for a more powerful aristocracy.
- D. The castle shows the lack of change in popular architecture styles.
Explanation: The crumbling castle represents the decline of feudal power and medieval aristocratic structures.
Correct answer: The castle signifies the ruin of feudal medievalism.- A. It reflects a woman's everyday life.
- B. An everyday object causes her terror.
- C. An apparently normal person is revealed as a man.
- D. It features a body transformation.
Explanation: The uncanny arises when a familiar domestic object, the wallpaper, becomes strange and terrifying to the narrator.
Correct answer: An everyday object causes her terror.- A. Transylvania is England's economic rival.
- B. Transylvania and England had been at war in the 1860s.
- C. Transylvania represents a vaguely known and, therefore, suspicious country.
- D. Transylvania and England were once part of the Holy Roman Empire.
Explanation: Transylvania was presented to many contemporary English readers as a distant, little-known region, allowing it to signify mystery and…
Correct answer: Transylvania represents a vaguely known and, therefore, suspicious country.- A. Modern science
- B. The consciousness
- C. Theories of evolution
- D. Ancient evil
Explanation: Dracula embodies ancient evil entering the modern world, despite the novel's modern settings and technologies.
Correct answer: Ancient evil- A. Horace Walpole
- B. Ann Radcliffe
- C. Matthew Lewis
- D. Mary Shelley
Explanation: Northanger Abbey parodies the sensational Gothic novels associated especially with Ann Radcliffe, whose mysterious castles and threatened…
Correct answer: Ann Radcliffe