A. Stoker’s “Dracula”
B. Beckford’s “Vathek”
C. Ancient civilizations worldwide
D. Walpole’s “The Castle of Otranto”
Related Mcqs:
- The vampire myth is NOT associated with which of the following ?
A. Incest
B. Life rituals with blood
C. The fear of dying
D. The fear of being buried alive - According to the myth, why must all things have an end ?
A. The Earthmaker wanted the opportunity to creat a new race of people
B. Mankind would suffer because of a lack of food if there were more people than resources to care for them
C. Hare wished it to be so and that was how it was
D. Grandmother wished it to be so and that was how it was - What type of myth is the tale “The Jealous Uncle” ?
A. Origin tale
B. Trickster tale
C. Hero tale
D. A fable - Which of the following is not a cultural myth we attribute to those earliest Massachusetts colonial settlements at Plymouth and Massachusetts ?
A. Democracy
B. Brother love/charity
C. US Exceptionalism
D. None of the above - According to the myth, how did frogs loose their teeth ?
A. Frogs used to eat rocks and one day a frog ate a rock that was too hard and smashed its teeth.
B. Frogs never had any teeth.
C. Hare hit a frog with a club and burned the frog and cursed it by declaring it would never be able to harm anyone because it threatedned to hunt the hare down with dogs.
D. Grandmother wanted to eat frog leg stew so she captured a frog and extracted its teeth one by one while chanting a Winnebago song, and since then frogs were without teeth. - According to the myth, which of the following are likely hunting preparation rituals that the Winnebago perform ?
A. Burning tobacco as an offering
B. Singing songs
C. Entering into a trance to commune with the spirits of the natural world.
D. All of the above - The Ding__Dong theory of the origin of language was advanced by_______________?
A. Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget
B. Noire
C. Max__Muller
D. Otto Jepersen - What is the author’s purpose in the Zuni origin tale “The Flood” ?
A. To include the tribe’s favorite food, corn, into the myth
B. To warn its youth about the consequences of promiscutiy and other inquities
C. To explain how floods came into existence
D. To explain how earthquakes came into existence - Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and Victorian society and its ideals ?
A. Darwin’s work echoed Victorian thought with its emphasis on struggle while disrupting Victorian faith by decentering humans.
B. Darwin’s work was almost universally accepted from its first appearance.
C. Darwin’s work had little initial influence on Victorian society and culture.
D. Almost all religious authorities rejected Darwin’s work completely. - Who is the author of “The Origin of Species” ?
A. Charles Darwin
B. A. Pope
C. T. Hardy
D. O. Goldsmith
