The Gothic Novel

A. The erratic movement of time and place
B. The readers’ unwavering empathy for Frankenstein
C. The reliable narrator
D. The mix of language in terms of voice, diction, and rhythm

A. Sigmund Freud
B. Edmund Lewis
C. Edmund Burke
D. Mary Shelley

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

A. Both were successful because they followed the laws of nature.
B. Both refused to use science to do innovative work.
C. Both worked collaboratively.
D. Both suffered for their attempt to do divine work.

A. Daydreams
B. Aberrant mental states
C. Violence
D. Sexual rapacity

A. Emily is confronted with the duality of the human mind, at once rational and then mad.
B. Emily is tested regarding the guilt and ghosts of sins past.
C. Emily comes to understand the benefits of a cloistered life.
D. Emily learns the story of Sister Agnes’s past.

A. Realism
B. An epistolary format
C. A focus on the individual
D. An English setting

A. Antonia
B. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
C. Jane Eyre
D. Mina Murray Harker

A. It shows the possible dangers of science.
B. It exposes the deep flaws in medieval ways of thinking about the world.
C. It marks a return to more primitive ways of pre-Enlightenment thought and expression.
D. It suggests that reason is more important than emotion.

A. Imperialism
B. The Woman Question
C. Labor unions
D. Theories of Darwinian evolution