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MCQs: Who does NOT represent the “new woman” ?
MCQs 1: Why is “The Castle of Otranto” often considered a reaction against the Enlightenment ?
It shows the possible dangers of science.
It exposes the deep flaws in medieval ways of thinking about the world.
It marks a return to more primitive ways of pre-Enlightenment thought and expression.
It suggests that reason is more important than emotion.
MCQs 2: Which cultural theme is NOT referenced in Stoker’s “Dracula” ?
MCQs 3: What have literary critics read into the vampirism in Stoker’s “Dracula” ?
The novel presents the vampire count as a father-figure of great power.
The vampire represents a beloved father who seeks to gather together all the women and young men (sons).
The vampire represents sexual impotence.
The vampire represents the future.
MCQs 4: How is Thornfield in “Jane Eyre” different from the structures found in the first wave of Gothic novels ?
It is an ancestral estate.
It contains vault-like spaces.
It is located in England.
It is mysterious.
MCQs 5: In “The Castle of Otranto” which attitude does Walpole express towards primogeniture ?
It is a necessary part of the social order.
It is essentially fair.
It is monstrous.
It will naturally fall out of favor.
MCQs 6: How is the concept of “the new woman” Gothic ?
It represents a “doubling” of Queen Victoria by English women as they remake themselves in her image.
It represents the “transformation” of the traditional Victorian woman from the private sphere to the public sphere.
It represents the rise in psychological pathologies or “madness” in women in the late 19th century.
It represents the “pollution” of the ideal woman by foreign influences.
MCQs 7: Which of the following terms is most closely related to the phrase “the explained supernatural” ?
MCQs 8: Why has Bertha been characterized as the “madwoman in the attic” by literary scholars ?
To represent the expansion of Gothic literary spaces from only subterranean spaces to attics as well
To represent the shift from the male Gothic villain to the female Gothic villain in the Victorian Gothic novel
To make reference to the rise of personal responsibility in Victorian England for the care of the sick and insane
To make an ironic statement about the point of view and marginalization of the “Other” in Victorian England
MCQs 9: How does the use of Gothic architecture assist the Gothic novelist ?
It engenders confusion for both the novel’s protagonist and readers.
It offers a secure refuge for the novel’s protagonist.
It provides the space for a large community of people to congregate.
It represents the glory of a bygone age.
MCQs 10: In what way do the houses in “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “Jane Eyre” differ from each other as Gothic literary structures ?
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