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Related Mcqs:

1. Which statement below best paraphrases what John Winthrop meant when he declared that the MBC would be as a “city upon a hill” ?

   A. Religious freedom
   B. Everyone has a role in society
   C. Only men should work
   D. Woman have no role in society

2. The vampire myth is NOT associated with which of the following ?

   A. Incest
   B. Life rituals with blood
   C. The fear of dying
   D. The fear of being buried alive

3. How does Frankenstein’s monster learn about the Garden of Eden ?

   A. He reads the Bible.
   B. He is taught by Victor about the Bible.
   C. He reads Milton’s “Paradise Lost.”
   D. He listens outside church services.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. All of the following are ways Dracula represents the “monstrous Other” EXCEPT_______________?

   A. Dracula as foreign invader
   B. Dracula as sexual predator
   C. Dracula as usurper of the British class system
   D. Dracula as transgressor of God’s order

7. What is the significance of the “bloody bedchamber” in Gothic fiction ?

   A. It represents male sexuality.
   B. It suggests female complicity in sexual deviance.
   C. It refers to the location of murder in Gothic novels.
   D. It symbolizes the forced sequestration of women both before and after marriage.

8. What have literary critics read into the vampirism in Stoker’s “Dracula” ?

   A. The novel presents the vampire count as a father-figure of great power.
   B. The vampire represents a beloved father who seeks to gather together all the women and young men (sons).
   C. The vampire represents sexual impotence.
   D. The vampire represents the future.

9. Which psychological issue is NOT typical of the Gothic novel ?

   A. Daydreams
   B. Aberrant mental states
   C. Violence
   D. Sexual rapacity

10. In “Dracula” what is the significance of the typewriter ?

    A. It allows women to participate in the novel.
    B. It serves as a path to the public sphere for women.
    C. It is a less effective tool than traditional folklore weapons.
    D. It becomes a way to conceal information.