What does the character Dracula symbolize in the novel ?

Related Mcqs:

1. How does the character Dracula unsettle the Victorian patriarchy ?

   A. He threatens to spread his madness to women.
   B. His sexuality appeals to women.
   C. He protects women’s chastity and virginity.
   D. He provides a way for Victorian men to blame their actions on women.

2. Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein in the form of a frame story that starts one character wring letters to his sister. Who is that character ?

   A. Captain Cooper
   B. Victor Frankenstein
   C. Captain Robert Walton
   D. Sergent Thomas Vincent

3. According to most scholars, what does the chariot in The Purgatorio symbolize ?

   A. The absence of heretics and monsters in medieval church history
   B. The conflict between ancient Romans and the early Church
   C. The impossibility for sinners to repent
   D. The righteousness of the Roman Empire over time

4. Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ?

   A. Fanny Burney
   B. Mary Wollstonecraft
   C. Anna Letitia Barbauld
   D. Jane Austen

5. In “Dracula” what does the death of Lucy suggest ?

   A. That sexual purity was less important than society’s safety
   B. That female sexuality is dangerous and must be destroyed
   C. That women are not one-dimensional
   D. That men consider themselves responsible for their own fates

6. In what way does the Gothic novel of the 18th century differ from the modern English novel that began to emerge in the 17th century and flourished in the 18th century ?

   A. The focus on the middle and working classes
   B. The consideration of the sensibilities of the protagonists
   C. Plots taken from everyday life
   D. The exploration of cultural taboos

7. In her text, “History of the Novel”, How does Dr. Agatha Taormina define the novel ?

   A. A narrative that emphasizes character development
   B. A narrative with a unified, plausible plot structure
   C. A narrative that conveys the illusion of reality
   D. All of these

8. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

9. The character named Comus is often seen by critics as a prototype of what character Milton later portrayed ?

   A. Jesus
   B. Samson
   C. Satan
   D. Adam

10. In Shakespeare’s Tragedies Character is not Destiny but there is Character and Destiny is a remark by________________?

    A. Nicoll
    B. Goddord
    C. Bradley
    D. Coleridge