English Literature MCQs

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What have literary critics read into the vampirism in Stoker’s “Dracula” ?


aThe novel presents the vampire count as a father-figure of great power.


bThe vampire represents a beloved father who seeks to gather together all the women and young men (sons).


cThe vampire represents sexual impotence.


dThe vampire represents the future.



Which cultural theme is NOT referenced in Stoker’s “Dracula” ?


aImperialism


bThe Woman Question


cLabor unions


dTheories of Darwinian evolution


View Answer Labor unions

Why is “The Castle of Otranto” often considered a reaction against the Enlightenment ?


aIt shows the possible dangers of science.


bIt exposes the deep flaws in medieval ways of thinking about the world.


cIt marks a return to more primitive ways of pre-Enlightenment thought and expression.


dIt suggests that reason is more important than emotion.



Who does NOT represent the “new woman” ?


aAntonia


bCharlotte Perkins Gilman


c Jane Eyre


dMina Murray Harker


View Answer Antonia

What quality does the Gothic novel of the 18th and early 19th centuries share with the majority of English novels of the same time period ?


aRealism


bAn epistolary format


cA focus on the individual


dAn English setting



What literary purpose does Emily’s stay with the nuns at the convent NOT serve ?


aEmily is confronted with the duality of the human mind, at once rational and then mad.


bEmily is tested regarding the guilt and ghosts of sins past.


cEmily comes to understand the benefits of a cloistered life.


dEmily learns the story of Sister Agnes’s past.



Which psychological issue is NOT typical of the Gothic novel ?


aDaydreams


bAberrant mental states


cViolence


dSexual rapacity


View Answer Daydreams

Which statement best summarizes the parallel between Frankenstein and Prometheus ?


aBoth were successful because they followed the laws of nature.


bBoth refused to use science to do innovative work.


cBoth worked collaboratively.


dBoth suffered for their attempt to do divine work.



For many scholars, what distinguishes terror from horror in the Gothic novel ?


aThe anticipation of the violation of one’s person versus an act of physical violence


bPlotted revenge versus random violence


cThe male Gothic versus the female Gothic


dThe persistence of the past in the present versus the betrayal in the present of the paternal protector



To whom is the concept of the uncanny attributed ?


aSigmund Freud


bEdmund Lewis


cEdmund Burke


dMary Shelley


View Answer Sigmund Freud

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