Gothic Conventions Starter

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English
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8th - 9th Grade
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Easy

Ruby Cooper
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When was the first Gothic novel (The Castle of Otranto) written/published?
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
Answer explanation
The Castle of Otranto was published 257 years ago in 1764.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What would you LEAST expect to find in Gothic fiction?
Castles
Happy endings
Curses
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Gothic fiction has a strong feeling of FOREBODING, but what is this?
A feeling that everything is about to change
A feeling that something good will happen
A feeling that something bad will happen
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What would you LEAST expect to find in Gothic fiction?
Humour
Nightmares
Storms
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What would you LEAST expect to find in Gothic fiction?
Dramatic language/ writing
Monsters
Beaches
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which story looks and sounds LEAST Gothic?
Answer explanation
How did you guess/ could you have guessed that The Bell Jar was the correct answer?
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Gothic fiction has supernatural elements, but what does supernatural mean?
Unnatural
To do with nature
Natural
Great
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these IS a Gothic text?
Othello
Frankenstein
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Answer explanation
Othello is a tragic play written by Shakespeare in 1603.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a realistic novel by the American author Mark Twain, published in 1884.
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is Gothic fiction?
A style of fiction full of mystery, horror and gloom
Frightening fiction written in the Victorian period
Another term for a ghost story.
Answer explanation
Why were these answers incorrect?
- Frightening fiction written in the Victorian period
- Another word for a ghost story
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