Haunted House Quiz

What architectural style was the Victorian mansion based on?

• Art Deco

• Neoclassical

• Gothic

• Baroque

Which artist painted the 'House by the Railroad' in the 1920s, depicting an old Victorian house?

• Pablo Picasso

• Edward Hopper

• Claude Monet

• Vincent van Gogh

What era in America was known as the Gilded Age?

• Colonial Era

• Victorian Era

• Post-Civil War Era

• Industrial Revolution

What architectural style was described as 'grotesque' and 'mongrel types desecrating the landscape'?

• Renaissance

• Victorian

• Art Nouveau

• Modernist

Who introduced the world to the Addams Family, a reclusive collection of ghouls living in a Victorian mansion?

• Vincent van Gogh

• Edward Hopper

• Alfred Hitchcock

• Charles Addams

In which film did Alfred Hitchcock use a Victorian mansion as a place of unspoken dread?

• Vertigo

• Psycho

• Rear Window

• The Birds

What did Charles Addams say about Victorians in relation to haunts?

• They are too modern for haunts

• They are better for haunts

• They are too small for haunts

• They are not suitable for haunts

What did the Victorian mansion become permanently associated with in pop culture?

• Progress

• Innovation

• Dread

• Luxury

What did the Victorian mansion serve as in pop culture according to the text?

• A symbol of decay

• A symbol of progress

• A symbol of wealth

• A symbol of innovation

What did the Victorian mansion become an immediate signal to audiences in pop culture?

• A place of mystery

• A place of celebration

• A place of happiness

• A place of dread