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61. What is the significance of the wandering Jew motif ?
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A. The curse of immorality

B. Insanity

C. The presence of omens

D. Religious upheaval

62. In Frankenstein how does Shelley represent science ?
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A. As something needed for humans to advance

B. As a way to resolve human madness

C. As inherently monstrous

D. As potentially productive when used correctly

63. A MANUSCRIPT was communicated to me during my travels in Italy, which was copied from the archives of the Cenci Palace at Rome, and contains a detailed account of the horrors which ended in the extinction of one of the noblest families of that city during the Pontificate of Clement VIII, in the year 1599. All of the following state why this quotation from Perce Shelleys The Cenci represents the Gothic EXCEPT_____________?
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A. The focus on wrongdoing at the highest level of authority

B. The placement of the action in the past and in a foreign country

C. The use of real historical resources by Shelley for the foundation of his play

D. The grandiose threatening setting that requires ingenious stagecraft

64. Why is it significant that Dracula is from Transylvania ?
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A. Transylvania and England were once part of the Holy Roman Empire.

B. Transylvania represents a vaguely known and, therefore, suspicious country.

C. Transylvania and England had been at war in the 1860s.

D. Transylvania is Englands economic rival.

65. How did the term Gothic become associated with the literary phenomenon known as the Gothic novel ?
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A. The barbarians that populate the Gothic novel

B. The use of the word in the subtitle of Walpoles novel

C. The style of architecture found in the Gothic novel

D. The excessive violence found in the Gothic novel

66. How is the abbey in The Monk NOT Gothic ?
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A. It was built in the Middle Ages.

B. It is a Catholic structure.

C. It is a sanctuary for women.

D. It is labyrinthine.

67. In which way does Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper include elements of the uncanny ?
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A. An apparently normal person is revealed as a man.

B. It reflects a womans everyday life.

C. It features a body transformation.

D. An everyday object causes her terror.

68. Which of the following best describes how the novel Frankenstein is understood by critics ?
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A. As an apolitical horror story

B. As a novel ghostwritten by Perce Shelley

C. As a commentary on Victorian England

D. As an exploration on the effects of science on humanity

69. In what way is Dracula NOT an Other figure ?
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A. He is from a foreign land.

B. He is a connection to a different time.

C. He is Christian.

D. He is racially different.

70. What constitutes a monstrous Other in The Yellow Wallpaper ?
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A. Reading

B. John

C. Writing

D. Cousin Henry and Julia

A. Matthew Lewis

B. Ann Radcliffe

C. Horace Walpole

D. Mary Shelley

72. How does the motif of the wandering Jew figure in The Monk ?
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A. It offers a positive alternative to the excesses of the Catholic Church.

B. It dispels the anti-Semitism associated with the Gothic novel.

C. It introduces one of several supernatural elements into the plot.

D. It suggests that redemption is possible through penitence.

73. What literary convention is used pervasively in The Mysteries of Udolpho ?
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A. Satire

B. The uncanny doubling of characters

C. First-person narration

D. Realism

74. Who should NOT be viewed as Prometheus in Shelleys Frankenstein ?
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A. Mary Shelley

B. Robert Walton

C. Frankensteins monster

D. Frankenstein

75. All of the following are ways Dracula represents the monstrous Other EXCEPT_______________?
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A. Dracula as usurper of the British class system

B. Dracula as sexual predator

C. Dracula as transgressor of Gods order

D. Dracula as foreign invader

76. Why do critics see Frankensteins monster as equivalent to the Biblical Adam ?
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A. He is responsible for the burden of original sin.

B. He is a mistake.

C. He is the first of his kind.

D. His habitat is equivalent to the Garden of Eden.

77. In The Gothic Sublime how does Mishra characterize the Gothic novel ?
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A. As a version of the Romantic novel

B. As the resolution of madness

C. As the antithesis of postmodernism

D. As a set of literary devices developed in the 18th century but applicable to present day

78. Which of the following terms is traditionally associated with the male Gothic ?
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A. Terror

B. The uncanny

C. Body transformation

D. Horror

79. Why do most scholars assume that Radcliffe favored explained supernaturalism ?
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A. Her defiance of contemporary culture

B. Her sense of morality and decorum

C. Her lack of imagination

D. Her full embrace of the Gothic vision of Walpole, Beckford, and Lewis

80. All of the following are ways in which The Mysteries of Udolpho reflects the values of England the 1790s EXCEPT_____________?
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A. The triumph of reason over passion

B. The rise of individual responsibility

C. The negative critique of Catholicism

D. The social and fiscal independence of women

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