A. She creates a strong male hero to rescue Emily.
B. She is not concerned with issues of rightful inheritance.
C. She sets the novel in present day.
D. She resolves the appearance of supernatural phenomena.
Related Mcqs:
- Radcliffe’s version of the Gothic differs most from Walpole’s in its use of which of the following ?
A. The sublime
B. The explained supernatural
C. Its medieval settings
D. Its use of mysterious events to spur readers’ interests and emotional responses - The Gothic novel, a popular genre for the Romantics, exemplified in the writing of Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe, could contain which of the following elements ?
A. supernatural phenomenon
B. perversion and sadism, often involving a maiden’s persecution
C. plots of mystery and terror set in inhospitable, sullen landscapes
D. all of the above - Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto initiated which literary tradition ?
A. Hunnish epic
B. Gothic fiction
C. epistolary novel
D. meta-novel - According to T.S. Eliot in his essay on “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” which of the following is true of “tradition ?”
A. In English literature, we cannot refer to “the tradition” or to “a tradition;” at most, we employ the adjective in saying that the poetry of so-and-so is “traditional” or even “too traditional.”
B. Tradition is the great conversation which links all English literature and is a coherent and stable cannon.
C. All of the above
D. A and B only - 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 - 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. - According to Ellen Moers, how does Radcliffe’s heroine differ from the typical Gothic woman ?
A. Emily ends up happily married.
B. Emily’s sense of decorum seems to falter late in the novel.
C. Emily is a sensible rather than defenseless woman.
D. Emily provides a unique example of a weak woman. - 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 - 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
