A. revealing his interest in Chaucer.
B. enabling his 18th-century readers access to a world they would see as less rational.
C. promoting the rise of museums.
D. commenting on the French and Indian War.
Related Mcqs:
- Why does Horace Walpole make use of elaborate machines in “The Castle of Otranto” ?
A. To encourage rational evaluation rather than arouse emotional reactions
B. To emphasize the importance of character development over action
C. To assist with the flight and pursuit of villains and their prey
D. To support the growth and development of machinery in the 18th century - What Gothic literary convention did NOT originate with Horace Walpole’s “The Castle of Otranto” ?
A. The ancestral castle
B. Psychological terror
C. The supernatural
D. Physical violence - In “The Castle of Otranto” which attitude does Walpole express towards primogeniture ?
A. It is a necessary part of the social order.
B. It is essentially fair.
C. It is monstrous.
D. It will naturally fall out of favor. - Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto initiated which literary tradition ?
A. Hunnish epic
B. Gothic fiction
C. epistolary novel
D. meta-novel - Based on your readings for this course, which of the following best summarizes how most critics interpret the crumbling castle in “The Castle of Otranto” ?
A. The castle represents the presence of newer technologies.
B. The castle signifies the ruin of feudal medievalism.
C. The castle symbolizes the desire for a more powerful aristocracy.
D. The castle shows the lack of change in popular architecture styles. - 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. - 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 is NOT a theme of “The Castle of Otranto” ?
A. Unnatural forces overwhelming human endeavor
B. The rupture of the everyday by acts of violence
C. The destruction of humanity through scientific experimentation
D. The return of the past to the present - Based on your readings for the course, which of the following best states how critics often interpret the dead hand in “The Castle of Otranto” ?
A. The hand represents the superiority of the Enlightenment over medievalism.
B. The hand symbolizes the danger of marriage.
C. The hand signifies the mysterious pull of the labyrinth.
D. The hand represents the claim of primogeniture over the living. - In “The Castle of Otranto” what “monstrous Other” does Manfred embody ?
A. The undead
B. The outcast
C. The cursed
D. The transgendered
