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🦇 Gothic Fiction Conventions – Year 9
English · Year 9 (KS3) — settings, characters and techniques that make Gothic fiction so chilling
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Questions
Which of these is the most typical setting for a Gothic novel?
A busy, sunlit market square
A modern, brightly lit city office
A crumbling castle in a remote location
A cheerful seaside holiday resort
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Who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein, first published in 1818?
Bram Stoker
Mary Shelley
Robert Louis Stevenson
Emily Brontë
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Which term describes a helpless heroine who is threatened by a powerful villain in Gothic fiction?
Damsel in distress
Tragic hero
Femme fatale
Unreliable narrator
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Which sentence uses pathetic fallacy?
The castle was over three hundred years old
She ran as fast as a startled deer
Storm clouds gathered as the villain entered the hall
Bang! The heavy door slammed shut
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In Gothic fiction, the 'uncanny' describes something that is:
Completely alien and never seen before
Openly violent and shocking
Silly and comically absurd
Familiar, yet strangely unsettling
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Why might a Gothic writer end a chapter just as a door begins to creak open?
To give readers a calm break from fear
To solve the mystery before the next chapter
To show that the danger is now over
To create a cliffhanger that keeps readers hooked
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How is Bram Stoker's Dracula mainly told to the reader?
Through a play script divided into acts
Through one first-person narrator throughout
Through an all-knowing third-person narrator
Through letters, diary entries and other documents
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Which novel, published in 1764, is usually called the first Gothic novel?
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Frankenstein
The Castle of Otranto
Wuthering Heights
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In Frankenstein, in which university town does Victor Frankenstein create his creature?
Edinburgh
Oxford
Geneva
Ingolstadt
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In Dracula, at which English town does the Count's ship, the Demeter, run aground?
Dover
Whitby
Liverpool
Brighton
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