The Art of the Gothic 3

Question 1

Which famous economist & philosopher used Gothic language to highlight the evils of capitalism?

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx

Question 2

What was the name of the film studio that made a string of horror films in the 1960s and 1970s?

Accepted Answer

Hammer Horror

Question 3

Complete the quotation: 'In the world of the Gothic, all roads lead to...'

Accepted Answer

Dracula

Question 4

What is the main message of Ruskin's book?

Accepted Answer

To declare the Industrial Revolution as a blight on society, A warning against the evils of the manufacturing industry, To rekindle a love for the spirituality of the Middle Ages

Question 5

More than anything else, what propelled the Gothic around the world?

Accepted Answer

cinema

Question 6

On which precise fear of the 19th-century audience did Stoker prey in Dracula?

Accepted Answer

the monster of capitalism

Question 7

Which late 19th-c novel has been described as 'Imperial Gothic'?

Accepted Answer

Heart of Darkness

Question 8

Which of the following was not an Irish writer who embraced the Gothic?

Accepted Answer

Robert Louis Stevenson

Question 9

Who was the greatest Gothic painter of the 20th Century

Accepted Answer

Francis Bacon

Question 10

What was the Gothic novel rooted in?

Accepted Answer

Terror and dread

Question 11

According to A G-D, what is Dracula obsessively full of reference to?

Accepted Answer

modern technology

Question 12

Who wrote, 'The Nature of Gothic', reprinted by the socialist artist William Morris?

Accepted Answer

John Ruskin

Question 13

Complete the quotation: 'The Gothic has the potential to...'

Accepted Answer

'tell us the truth we don't want to hear.'

Question 14

Which of the following new technologies does not feature in Dracula

Accepted Answer

cinema

Question 15

Which classic British director of horror films was influenced by the Gothic

Accepted Answer

Alfred Hitchcock

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