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.
Related Mcqs:
- 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. - 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 - 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 - What is distinctive about Emily’s bedchamber at Udolpho ?
A. It is lavishly furnished.
B. It is haunted.
C. It contains a secret passageway.
D. It does not lock from the inside. - All of the following are ways in which “The Mysteries of Udolpho” reflects the values of England the 1790s EXCEPT_____________?
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 - 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 - 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 - What literary purpose does Emily’s stay with the nuns at the convent NOT serve ?
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. - In what way does Thornfield Hall differ from the Castle of Otranto, Udolpho, and the Convent of St. Clare ?
A. It is the scene of violence.
B. It is the scene of sexual transgression.
C. It is the scene of redemption for the Byronic hero.
D. It serves as a kind of prison.