Creepy Things & Dracula

According to the Fear Survey Schedule II by James Geer, which of the following are not common fears?

• Death of a loved one

• public speaking

• being caught without clothes

• Suffocation

Summarise Stephen King’s idea of horror

• The unnatural

• The natural

• The gross-out

Another word for vagueness is a ________________

• Clarity

• Ambiguity

• Certainty

• Transparency

Claude Levi Strauss said masks are creepy because they eliminate the part of the body that reveals...

• intention

• personality

• hopes

• friendliness

What do you understand ‘uncanny’ to mean?

• Exciting because something is familiar

• Comforting because something is familiar

• Strange because something is almost real

• Horrifying because something is so strange

What is ‘the terror of ambiguity’?

• Fear of the unknown

• Fear of certainty

• Fear of change

• Fear of darkness

What is cognitive dissonance?

• When your thoughts and actions are different

• When your actions are different from other people's

• When your thoughts are creepy and dark

• When you are afraid because you have limited intelligence

What does 'deceive' mean?

• to be frightened

• to lie or trick

• to hide

• to be blinded

At the start of Dracula, crosses at the side of the road are examples of...

• the gothic

• forehshadowing

• visual imagery

• personification

The crosses are also omens... what does that mean?

• An omen is a magical object

• An omen is a sign of something good or bad coming

• An omen is a sound of fear

• An omen is a metaphor