A. As a path to redemption
B. As a necessary control
C. As a voyeuristic activity
D. As a model for contemporary police work
Related Mcqs:
- Which character best represents the concept of terror versus that of horror in Lewis’s “The Monk” ?
A. Agnes
B. Ambrosio
C. Baptiste
D. Matilda - How does The Cross, as speaker, portray Jesus in The Dream of the Rood ?
A. As the suffering Christ
B. As the ransom God demands for the sins of humanity
C. As a special Jewish teacher
D. As the heroic noble warrior - Why does one scholar suggest that “The Monk” represents literary transvestism ?
A. The habited nuns
B. Ambrosio’s rape and murder of his sister
C. Lewis’s use of a female pseudonym in the original edition
D. Lewis’s choiceof a feminine literary genre - What role does Rosario play in the Gothic atmosphere of “The Monk” ?
A. Queer provocateur
B. Heroine in distress
C. Angel in the house
D. Pursued protagonist - In “The Monk” what event does NO represent the theme of entrapment of women ?
A. Antonia’s death
B. Matilda’s dressing as Rosario
C. Agnes’s admittance to the convent
D. The magic mirror - How does the motif of the wandering Jew figure in “The Monk” ?
A. It introduces one of several supernatural elements into the plot.
B. It dispels the anti-Semitism associated with the Gothic novel.
C. It offers a positive alternative to the excesses of the Catholic Church.
D. It suggests that redemption is possible through penitence. - How is the abbey in “The Monk” NOT Gothic ?
A. It is a Catholic structure.
B. It was built in the Middle Ages.
C. It is a sanctuary for women.
D. It is labyrinthine. - In what way is “The Monk” a reaction to the French Revolution ?
A. It includes apocalyptic themes.
B. It represents society as relatively stable.
C. It condemns the misuse of power.
D. It predicts the upheaval of society. - In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen’s relationship with his Catholic faith ?
A. he is opposed to the Catholic faith for the entire novel
B. because he has been raised Catholic, he never struggles with his faith
C. he is torn between his desire for freedom and his desire to be moral
D. he is committed to priesthood for the entire novel - Who began to ignite the embers of dissent against the Catholic church in November 1517 in a movement that came to be known as the Reformation ?
A. Anne Boleyn
B. Martin Luther
C. Pope Leo X
D. Ulrich Zwingli
