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.
Related Mcqs:
- What is the significance of the “wandering Jew” motif ?
A. Religious upheaval
B. The presence of omens
C. The curse of immorality
D. Insanity - In “The Gothic Sublime” how does Mishra characterize the labyrinth motif ?
A. As a plot structure that diminishes the Gothic novel’s intensity
B. As the reader’s inward turn to examine his or her own tangled consciousness
C. As a means for characters to directly confront unconscious problems
D. As a place for the distressed heroine to hide - 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 Lewis portray the Catholic confessional in “The Monk”?
A. As a path to redemption
B. As a necessary control
C. As a voyeuristic activity
D. As a model for contemporary police work - Yeats’s “Song of Wandering Aengus” ends with the lines: “And pluck till time and times are done/The silver apples of the moon/The golden apples of the sun.” Which of the following is NOT a symbolic meaning of the apples ?
A. They symbolize the return to a lost paradise.
B. They point to alchemical elements, which in turn symbolize the body and the soul.
C. They symbolize the coming apocalypse.
D. They symbolize a fulfilled longing. - In A Portrait of the Artist, how do most critics suggest that the flight motif functions ?
A. it represents the desire to flee Ireland
B. it represents the hero’s fear that he will overestimate his abilities
C. it implies that the artist must take flight to do his work
D. All of the Above - Which of the following offers the best definition of the literary term motif ?
A. A recurring element in a story that is symbolically significant
B. A character’s fatal flaw
C. A rhyme scheme
D. A character’s moment of selfrealization in a narrative - What was the first published title of Christopher Marlow’s play The Jew of Malta ?
A. The Tragedy of the Jew of Malta
B. The Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta
C. The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta
D. The Story of the Rich Jew of Malta
