GE+Fran+Goth

Question 1

Who is Magwitch to Pip?

Accepted Answer

Benefactor

Question 2

What pervading feeling is enhanced by the unknown in a Gothic work?

Accepted Answer

A threatening feeling or fear.

Question 3

Who most influences Pip’s ambitions?

Accepted Answer

Miss Havisham

Question 4

What kind of setting often serves as a central motif in Gothic novels, frequently concealing a terrible secret?

Accepted Answer

A large, ancient house.

Question 5

How does Pip’s view of wealth change?

Accepted Answer

Learns it’s not happiness

Question 6

How does Estella treat Pip?

Accepted Answer

With coldness

Question 7

What kind of demand might a powerful, tyrannical male character impose on a female character in a Gothic story?

Accepted Answer

To marry someone she does not love or commit a crime.

Question 8

Which Gothic character type is often rich, usually old, almost always isolated, and can be mysterious or evil?

Accepted Answer

Creepy aristocrat.

Question 9

Why does Victor regret his creation?

Accepted Answer

Creature’s violence

Question 10

What is a common emotional characteristic of characters in Gothic narration?

Accepted Answer

Overcome by anger, sorrow, fear, and terror.

Question 11

Which of the following best defines Gothic literature in general terms?

Accepted Answer

dark scenery, melodramatic narrative devices, and mysterious atmosphere

Question 12

Which emotion drives the Creature?

Accepted Answer

Loneliness

Question 13

How does Miss Havisham influence Estella?

Accepted Answer

Teaches her to break hearts

Question 14

Who narrates Frankenstein’s story?

Accepted Answer

Robert Walton

Question 15

Which event changes Pip’s fortune?

Accepted Answer

Receiving inheritance

Question 16

Which type of events occur in Gothic works, given a natural explanation, but in other cases are truly supernatural?

Accepted Answer

Dramatic, amazing events like ghosts or inanimate objects coming to life.

Question 17

What is a key symbol in Frankenstein?

Accepted Answer

Light and fire

Question 18

Why does Victor create the Creature?

Accepted Answer

Scientific curiosity

Question 19

Frankenstein’s Creature is never named.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

As an appeal to the reader's pathos and sympathy, what often befalls female characters in Gothic stories?

Accepted Answer

They face events that leave them fainting, terrified, screaming or sobbing.

Question 21

What motivates the Creature’s actions?

Accepted Answer

Desire for acceptance

Question 22

Which feature is commonly found within a Gothic castle or old mansion, contributing to its mysterious nature?

Accepted Answer

Secret passages, trap doors, or hidden staircases.

Question 23

According to the text, what is one of the two main purposes of using hyperbolic phrases in Gothic literature?

Accepted Answer

To increase the feeling of dread, horror, anxiety, or suspense.

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