Gothic Literature

Which of the following gothic novels started as a literary competition?

• The Castle of Otranto

• Frankenstein

• The Old English Baron

• Dracula

Which of the following novels was written first, and is therefore considered to be the beginning of the English Gothic novel tradition?

• The Monk

• The Old English Baron

• The Mysteries of Udolpho

• The Castle of Otranto

In Gothic novels, the conflict is often....

• person vs technology

• person vs supernatural

• person vs person

• person vs society

Which author is NOT a gothic writer?

• Edgar Alla Poe

• Ann Radcliffe

• John Cheever

• Jane Austen

Gothic literature arose at the end of the . . .

• 18th century

• 15th century

• 20th century

• 19th century

Which author is often credited with pioneering the gothic genre?

• Mark Twain

• Horace Walpole

• Mary Shelley

• William Shakespeare

Who wrote "The Fall of the House of Usher," a quintessential Gothic short story?

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Washington Irving

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Robert Louis Stevenson

Which of the following is NOT a common element of Gothic literature?

• Supernatural elements

• Utopian societies

• Dark, gloomy settings

• Romantic relationships

Which of the following works is a Gothic horror novel by Shirley Jackson?

• "We Have Always Lived in the Castle"

• "The Turn of the Screw"

• "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"

• "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Which of the following is a typical setting for a Gothic novel?

• A bustling city

• A sunlit meadow

• A remote, crumbling castle

• A tropical island