Ch 1-8 Hound of the Baskervilles and Gothic literature

Question 1

Which of the following Gothic elements is NOT present in Hound of the Baskervilles?

Accepted Answer

The occult

Question 2

Who is the narrator of Hound of the Baskervilles?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Watson

Question 3

Who does Sherlock send to the hotels around Charing Cross to find the cut up newspapers?

Accepted Answer

Cartwright

Question 4

Where is Baskerville Hall located?

Accepted Answer

Devonshire

Question 5

Why did Hugo Baskerville II write the manuscript that told the story of the hound?

Accepted Answer

To warn his descendents not to go out on the moor at night.

Question 6

Who killed Hugo Baskerville?

Accepted Answer

Hound

Question 7

The intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.

Accepted Answer

suspense

Question 8

Distractions or false clues to lead the reader off track to make the mystery more difficult to solve.

Accepted Answer

red herring

Question 9

Who does Sherlock Holmes send to Devonshire to protect Sir Henry?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Watson

Question 10

Who is Mr. Frankland

Accepted Answer

The old, cranky neighbor who likes to sue people

Question 11

What name does "the spy" give to the cabman?

Accepted Answer

Sherlock Holmes

Question 12

The setting is important in Gothic literature because it ____

Accepted Answer

helps to create the mood or atmosphere.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a lead that Holmes and Watson are following?

Accepted Answer

The owner of the Neolithic skull

Question 14

Which of the following quotations does NOT describe Hugo Baskerville?

Accepted Answer

“Amiable, unambitious, and absent-minded”

Question 15

In the first chapter, what "mini-mystery" do Watson and Holmes solve to show the reader how Holmes solves mysteries

Accepted Answer

They figure out who owns the cane that was left at 221 Baker Street

Question 16

Why does Dr. Mortimer want to solve the mystery of Sir Charles' death?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 17

Gothic literature is a subset of ____

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 18

The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates in a work of literature through setting, imagery, details and description

Accepted Answer

Mood

Question 19

Which of the following relates to the theme of science v. supernatural?

Accepted Answer

The phosphorus that makes the hound appear to breathe fire.

Question 20

What does Sir Henry receive at his hotel that warns him not to go out on the moor?

Accepted Answer

A letter with words cut and pasted from a newspaper

Question 21

In the middle of the first night at Baskerville Hall, Watson hears the sound of

Accepted Answer

A woman sobbing

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT an example of a Gothic element?

Accepted Answer

The importance of reason over imagination

Question 23

What does Sir Henry lose at the hotel?

Accepted Answer

his boot

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT an element of a mystery

Accepted Answer

futuristic elements (like advanced technology)

Question 25

Who is Rodger Baskerville?

Accepted Answer

Youngest brother of Sir Charles who fled England and died

Question 26

A technique the author uses to give the reader hints of what is to come later in the story

Accepted Answer

foreshadowing

Question 27

Who resides at 221 Baker Street?

Accepted Answer

Sherlock Holmes

Question 28

Sir Charles was planning to go to London, but he was killed before he could go. What was the purpose of his trip?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Mortimer advised him to go to deal with his health problems

Question 29

Who wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles?

Accepted Answer

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Question 30

According to the legend, which Baskerville is responsible for bringing the curse on the family?

Accepted Answer

Hugo Baskerville

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