English Literature MCQs

A. As a plot structure that diminishes the gothic novel’s intensity
B. As the reader’s inward turn to examine his or her own tangled consciousness
C. As a means for characters to directly confront unconscious problems
D. As a place for the distressed heroine to hide

A. Antonia’s death
B. Matilda’s dressing as rosario
C. Agnes’s admittance to the convent
D. The magic mirror

A. Emily ends up happily married.
B. Emily’s sense of decorum seems to falter late in the novel.
C. Emily is a sensible rather than defenseless woman.
D. Emily provides a unique example of a weak woman.

A. It introduces one of several supernatural elements into the plot.
B. It dispels the anti-semitism associated with the gothic novel.
C. It offers a positive alternative to the excesses of the catholic church.
D. It suggests that redemption is possible through penitence.

A. It includes apocalyptic themes.
B. It represents society as relatively stable.
C. It condemns the misuse of power.
D. It predicts the upheaval of society.

A. Valancourt’s character
B. Emily’s misfortunes
C. The plot
D. Emily’s mind

A. Each owner upends the prevailing law of the land.
B. Both are former palaces.
C. The owners of each had mistresses.
D. On the outside they look like homes, but on the inside they are prisons

A. Religious upheaval
B. The presence of omens
C. The curse of immorality
D. Insanity

A. Queer provocateur
B. Heroine in distress
C. Angel in the house
D. Pursued protagonist

A. The ancestral castle
B. Psychological terror
C. The supernatural
D. Physical violence