A. Horror is only a sense of the sublime.
B. Terror contracts the soul.
C. Terror involves uncertainty and obscurity.
D. Horror fails to awaken and expand the soul.
Related Mcqs:
- For many scholars, what distinguishes terror from horror in the Gothic novel ?
A. The anticipation of the violation of one’s person versus an act of physical violence
B. Plotted revenge versus random violence
C. The male Gothic versus the female Gothic
D. The persistence of the past in the present versus the betrayal in the present of the paternal protector - Which character best represents the concept of terror versus that of horror in Lewis’s “The Monk” ?
A. Agnes
B. Ambrosio
C. Baptiste
D. Matilda - According to Ellen Moers, how does Radcliffe’s heroine differ from the typical Gothic woman ?
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. - Why do most scholars assume that Radcliffe favored “explained supernaturalism” ?
A. Her sense of morality and decorum
B. Her defiance of contemporary culture
C. Her lack of imagination
D. Her full embrace of the Gothic vision of Walpole, Beckford, and Lewis - In what way does Radcliffe depart from Walpole’s earlier tradition ?
A. She creates a strong male hero to rescue Emily.
B. She is not concerned with issues of rightful inheritance.
C. She sets the novel in present day.
D. She resolves the appearance of supernatural phenomena. - Why does Radcliffe favor the term “romance” as the subtitle to “The Mysteries of Udolpho” ?
A. Radcliffe wants to emphasize the happy ending of the marriage of Emily and Valancourt.
B. It frees Radcliffe from a strict adherence to common life, allowing her to place Emily in challenging situations.
C. Radcliffe considers her work a continuation of the sentimental novel of the 18th century.
D. It acknowledges the lack of supernatural plot tricks. - Complete the following sentence. The politics of Radcliffe’s medieval settings______________?
A. indicates her longing for the older aristocracy.
B. suggests her commitment to the Catholic Church.
C. is at odds with her explicit socialist politics.
D. implies that contemporary British society has overcome the institutions leading to the horrors its characters experience. - Radcliffe’s version of the Gothic differs most from Walpole’s in its use of which of the following ?
A. The sublime
B. The explained supernatural
C. Its medieval settings
D. Its use of mysterious events to spur readers’ interests and emotional responses - In which of the following ways does Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho combine the features of the Gothic and the sentimental ?
A. It emphasizes emotion over reason.
B. It has a didactic moral focus.
C. There is a focus on a central love story.
D. All of these answers - The Gothic novel, a popular genre for the Romantics, exemplified in the writing of Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe, could contain which of the following elements ?
A. supernatural phenomenon
B. perversion and sadism, often involving a maiden’s persecution
C. plots of mystery and terror set in inhospitable, sullen landscapes
D. all of the above
