A. Its use of a medieval setting to reflect on rational progress
B. Its focus on having readers vicariously experience the dangers that a heroine faces
C. Its ambivalent treatment of its leading villain
D. Its use of the sublime
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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. - All of the following are ways in which “The Mysteries of Udolpho” reflects the values of England the 1790s EXCEPT_____________?
A. The triumph of reason over passion
B. The rise of individual responsibility
C. The social and fiscal independence of women
D. The negative critique of Catholicism - 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 - 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 - Which of the following best explains the treatment of the heroine in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” ?
A. The heroine’s fantasies about the castle are combined with her fear of violation.
B. She is excluded from the novel’s violent disturbances.
C. She is excluded from the general sense of isolation in the novel.
D. The heroine is robbed of psychological complexity by focusing only on horror. - All of the following are labyrinthine in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” EXCEPT______________?
A. Valancourt’s character
B. Emily’s misfortunes
C. The plot
D. Emily’s mind - How does Emily show initiative in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” ?
A. She leaves home in search of adventure.
B. She takes control of her own money.
C. She rejects her aunt’s invitation to travel to Italy.
D. She converts to Catholicism. - What literary convention is used pervasively in “The Mysteries of Udolpho” ?
A. Satire
B. First-person narration
C. Realism
D. The uncanny doubling of characters - Both the Gothic and sentimental fiction emphasize which of the following ?
A. Reason over emotions
B. The necessity for an aristocracy
C. The power of feelings
D. A sense of adventure
