Gothic Literature Quiz

What elements of gothic literature are used in "Click Clack the Rattlebag"?

• isolated location and nighttime

• dilapidated castle and nighttime

• isolated location and supernatural figure

• phobias and innocent victim

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Which sentence from "Click Clack the Rattlebag" is an example of verbal irony?

• But if it isn’t just a little bit scary then I won’t be interested.

• She exaggerates. I write stories, yes. Nothing that’s been published, yet, though.

• Well," he said, thoughtfully. "I don’t think it should be too scary, because then when I go up to bed, I will just be thinking about monsters the whole time.

• And I write lots of different kinds of stories.

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"We walked along the upper corridor in the shadows, walking from patch of moonlight to patch of moonlight. It really was a big house. I wished I had a flashlight.

'They come from the dark,' said the boy, holding on to my hand."

How is the narrator feeling?

• confident

• uneasy

• light-hearted

• terrified

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"We walked along the upper corridor in the shadows, walking from patch of moonlight to patch of moonlight. It really was a big house. I wished I had a flashlight.

“They come from the dark,” said the boy, holding on to my hand. “I think probably they’re made of dark. And they come in when you don’t pay attention"

How does this instance of situational irony build suspense?

• It highlights the fact that the boy is evil.

• It illustrates that the boy is in danger from the monster.

• The reader knows who the monster is, but the narrator does not.

• It shifts the feeling of being scared from the boy to the boyfriend, who is an adult.

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What does the boy mean when he says "You know all that. But you don't think. You just let your brain fill in the gaps."?

• All this time, the boyfriend has been ignoring what was really happening which has led him to the situation he now finds himself in.

• The boyfriend is not bright, and as a result is going to die.

• The boyfriend has figured out that the boy is actually the monster, but it is too late.

• The boy is telling the boyfriend that he is the monster from his story.

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The story ends with a clever bit of dramatic irony. What does the audience know will happen that the narrator may not realize?

• The little boy is the monster who is going to drink him dry.

• The narrator is going to become the monster and drink the little boy.

• The narrator’s girlfriend is the monster, and the little boy has been leading him up to her lair.

• The monster is just a story, and the little boy has been intentionally trying to scare the narrator.

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In "A Study in Emerald", Gaiman creates a pastiche of Sherlock Holmes. What does this mean?

• a work of literature that uses exaggeration for comedic effect

• a work of literature that imitates the style of another work as a show of respect

• a work of literature that has a deeper meaning beyond the simple events of the story

• a work of literature that includes a story within a story

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Which of the following gothic conventions are NOT used in "A Study in Emerald"?

• death

• good vs. evil

• romance

• supernatural beings

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"The body, what was left of it, was still there, on the floor. I saw it, but, at first, somehow, I did not see it. What I saw instead was what had sprayed and gushed from the throat and chest of the victim: in colour it ranged from bile-green to grass-green."

Why is the scene in this excerpt ironic?

• The reader does not expect the scene to be descriptive with such graphic imagery.

• The narrator realizes that the narrator is unreliable.

• The reader is aware that the body is not human.

• The reader expects the color to be red.

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Why does the author use multiple allusions to classic Gothic stories such as Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, and Frankenstein?

• The allusions build tension between the reader and narrator.

• By including these allusions, the author conveys his appreciation for the authors of these stories.

• Allusions to the stories add the mystery of the overall story.

• These stories also include the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty.

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