A. The triumph of reason over passion
B. The rise of individual responsibility
C. The social and fiscal independence of women
D. The negative critique of Catholicism
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following best characterizes the ways that Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho links the Gothic novel with the sentimental form ?
A. Its use of a medieval setting to reflect on rational progress
B. Its focus on having readers vicariously experience the dangers that a heroine faces
C. Its ambivalent treatment of its leading villain
D. Its use of the sublime - 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 - All of the following are ways in which “The Castle of Otranto” reflects the values of Enlightenment England EXCEPT_________________?
A. The concern for the sanctity of legal inheritance
B. The interest in the lessons and values of the Middle Ages for England in the 18th century
C. The support for the British class system
D. The belief in British superiority to foreign countries - Which of the following best explains the treatment of the heroine in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” ?
A. The heroine’s fantasies about the castle are combined with her fear of violation.
B. She is excluded from the novel’s violent disturbances.
C. She is excluded from the general sense of isolation in the novel.
D. The heroine is robbed of psychological complexity by focusing only on horror. - All of the following are labyrinthine in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” EXCEPT______________?
A. Valancourt’s character
B. Emily’s misfortunes
C. The plot
D. Emily’s mind - How does Emily show initiative in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” ?
A. She leaves home in search of adventure.
B. She takes control of her own money.
C. She rejects her aunt’s invitation to travel to Italy.
D. She converts to Catholicism. - What literary convention is used pervasively in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” ?
A. Satire
B. First-person narration
C. Realism
D. The uncanny doubling of characters - 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. - Which of the following texts published in the 1790s did not epitomize the radical social thinking stimulated by the French Revolution ?
A. Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Men
B. Paine’s Rights of Man
C. Godwin’s Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
D. Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France - Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century ?
A. English travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent.
B. English was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals.
C. English travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.
D. Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.
