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Gothic Literature Game

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art, such as A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

a)

epic

b)

analogy

c)

allusion

d)

prose

2.

What is London, Devonshire, 1860's in The Hound of the Baskervilles

a)

Plot

b)

Setting

c)

Theme

d)

Novel

3.

What did the footprints found by Sir Charles' body indicate in the novel?

a)

Mood

b)

Suspense

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Irony

4.

the literal type of Conan Doyles writing

a)

archetypal

b)

analogy

c)

allusion

d)

plot

5.

The writers word choice, such as "... dark grey skies..." (Bradbury, 17)

a)

mood

b)

diction

c)

tone

d)

connotation

6.

Who has conflict in The Hound of the Baskervilles?

a)

Sir Henry vs Sir Charles

b)

Sherlock vs Sir Henry

c)

Watson vs Sherlock

d)

Sir Henry vs Stapleton

7.

the sequence of events that happens through a Sherlock Holmes book

a)

area

b)

regionalism

c)

mood

d)

plot

8.

Comparing two things, such as "He stood breathing, and the more he breathed the land in, the more he was filled up with all of the details of the land. He was not empty. there was more than enough here to fill him. There would always be more than enough." (Bradbury 138)

a)

Allusion

b)

Analogy

c)

Allegory

d)

Anaphora

9.

In The Adventure of the Speckled Band a misleading clue, such as the gypsies, the baboon, and the cheetah are called?

a)

Climax

b)

Red Herring

c)

Motive

d)

Inciting Incident

10.

the feeling created by Conan Doyle while reading a mystery.

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

round

d)

plot

11.

"Dr. Roylott wanted Julia's and Helen's share of their inheritance from their mother. If they married, he would lose two-thirds of the money." This shows the what?

a)

Motive

b)

Climax

c)

Clues

d)

Red Herring

12.

a story or situation which usually presents some sort of conflict. An example is Romeo and Juliet's break-up caused by the boyfriend cheating with the girlfriend's best friend.

a)

drama

b)

play

c)

movie

d)

production

13.

a long narrative poem, which is usually related to heroic deeds of a person of an unusual courage and unparalleled bravery. Sherlock Holmes could be presented as a hero in novels.

a)

Poem

b)

Epic

c)

novel

d)

Prose

14.

what Conan Doyle uses to give the reader a more real feeling.

a)

connotation

b)

plot

c)

imagery

d)

satire

15.

Who is the flat character in Fahrenheit 451 by Arthur Conan Doyle?

a)

Clarisse

b)

Beatty

c)

Hound

d)

Faber

16.

In The Hound of the Baskervilles the man on the tor was supposed to be "evil" but he turned out to be Sherlock Holmes is showing what literary technique?

a)

Comedy

b)

Allusion

c)

Irony

d)

Analogy

17.

who is the round character in f451

a)

beatty

b)

clarisse

c)

guy montag

18.

moment in the story where a character achieves realization. Montag in Fahrenheit 451 realized that Captain Beatty had wanted to die rather than live in their society after he had killed him.

a)

Epiphany

b)

Epic

c)

Anaphora

d)

Allegory

19.

style of writing characterized by fear, horror, death, and gloom. An example is Hound of the Baskervilles

a)

area

b)

Gothic

c)

satire

d)

goth

20.

literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.

a)

fiction

b)

non-fiction

21.

In Fahrenheit 451 "The fire was gone, and back again, like a winking eye" Bradbury shows

a)

Similie

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Imagery

22.

"Denham's Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham's Dentrifice Dentrifice Dentrifice" in Fahrenheit 451 is an example of?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Analogy

c)

Allusion

d)

Allegory

23.

Writing that tells the story, such as Watson telling the story in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

a)

Narration

b)

Epic

c)

Prose

d)

Allusion

24.

the particular way of considering a matter through the view of the characters in Hound of the Baskervilles

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

gothic

d)

point of view

25.

Montag wants to read books and become knowledgeable and understand but this society highly disagrees is the what in Fahrenheit 451?

a)

Irony

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Mood

d)

Conflict