A. a feeling of being disconnected from the world.
B. a sense of something being familiar and foreign at once.
C. terror at the thought of death.
D. a realization of one’s empowered position in the world.
Related Mcqs:
- To whom is the concept of the uncanny attributed ?
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Edmund Lewis
C. Edmund Burke
D. Mary Shelley - In which way does Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” include elements of the uncanny ?
A. It reflects a woman’s everyday life.
B. An everyday object causes her terror.
C. An apparently normal person is revealed as a man.
D. It features a body transformation. - All of the following refer to “the uncanny” EXCEPT________________?
A. A psychoanalytic term that explains terror
B. The supernatural
C. “Unheimlich”
D. A sense of uncomfortable strangeness - How does the uncanny function in “Frankenstein” ?
A. The normal activity of vivisection is represented as horrible.
B. Seemingly normal characters are actually terrifying.
C. The dramatic landscape provides an alternative to the usual world.
D. The monster’s grotesque body is actually made of human parts. - How are Julia Kristeva’s psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian concepts ?
A. Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses provide insight into the unconscious.
B. Kristeva suggests that women are not subject to traditional fetishes.
C. Kristeva offers a more central place for women’s issues within psychological development.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic study of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?
A. Neurotic behavior
B. Changes in emotional states
C. Slips of the tongue
D. All of the above answers are correct. - In a Freudian approach to literature, concave images are usually seen as____________?
A. Female symbols
B. Phallic symbols
C. Male symbols
D. Evidence of an Oedipus complex - Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic study of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?
A. Changes in emotional states
B. Obsessions
C. Slips of the tongue
D. All of the above. - How are Julia Kristeva’s psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian concepts ?
A. Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses provide insight into the unconscious.
B. Kristeva suggests that women are not subject to traditional fetishes.
C. Kristeva offers a more central place for women’s issues within psychological development.
D. Kristeva fundamentally disagrees with the idea of the mirror stage. - The “Reign of Terror” refers to_________________?
A. France’s war with a foreign nation
B. The mass execution of enemies of the revolution
C. Napoleon’s rise to power
D. The death of the king of France
