Gothic Attack

Question 1

Horace Walpole built a house called...

Accepted Answer

Strawberry Hill House

Question 2

Gothic churches inspired architects to build houses with...

Accepted Answer

Vaulted ceilings and arched windows

Question 3

Labyrinths are considered a Gothic element because...

Accepted Answer

So many dark corners, twists and turns...

Question 4

In The Fall of the House of Usher, the house is a metaphor for the narrator's soul

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

"Gloomy" can mean "dark" or "hideous"

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

A classic Gothic novel needs to shock people and...

Accepted Answer

Have a moral at the end

Question 7

"Sublime" = awe +...

Accepted Answer

a deregulation of the senses

Question 8

"Unredeemable" refers to someone or something who is damned

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

In the 18th century, monks and nuns often appeared in Gothic novels

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

"Awe" means...

Accepted Answer

Fear and wonder

Question 11

In "Frankenstein", the creature's name is Frankenstein

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "Treasure Island" and "the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

"Gothic" first referred to...

Accepted Answer

Architecture

Question 14

Sheridan Le Fanu wrote...

Accepted Answer

Carmilla

Question 15

Edgar Allan Poe wrote...

Accepted Answer

The Mask of the Red Death

Questions 15