LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Roman Catholicism was wrongfully dismantled in England by Henry VIII in the 16th century.
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Jews represent sympathetic literary heroes.
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Religion is race-neutral.
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The Spanish Inquisition and the legend of the wandering Jew confirm the superiority of England.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Art and Picture Collection, NYPL (1912). Gothic fiction as a genre was first established with the publication of Horace Walpole’s dark, foreboding The Castle of Otranto in 1764. In the centuries since, gothic fiction has not only flourished, but also branched off into many popular subgenres.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gothic Readings: The First Wave, 1764–1840 is an anthology of Gothic literature, set within the context of contemporary criticism and readers’ responses.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gothic paganism was the original religion of the Goths before their conversion to Christianity.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Gothic also explored religion in terms of history, critiquing the reasoning for the crusades, inflating the horrors of the inquisition in service of anti-Catholic rhetoric, comparing the strength of Christian piety to demonic temptation, and questioning the role of religion in education.