Gothic Literature
Edgar Allan Poe
The Monkey's Paw
Modern Gothic Literature
Where Is Here?
100

An old castle, an old church, an old mansion, the forest are all examples of...

What is the setting?

100

Poe's mother, foster mom, and wife all died from this disease.

What is tuberculosis?

100

The author of "The Monkey's Paw."

Who is W.W. Jacobs?

100

Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer are all examples of...

Who are Modern Gothic authors?

100

The stranger comes to the house for this reason.

What is to visit his childhood home?

200

This word has evolved over various centuries and is now used to describe writing that focuses on the supernatural and taboo topics...

What is Gothic?

200

The visitor feels this emotion as he sees the house of Usher for the first time.

What is sadness?

200

The name of the son in "The Monkey's Paw."

Herbert

200

This is the author of "Where Is Here"?

Who is Joyce Carol Oates?

200

This person lets the stranger in the house.

Who is the mother?

300

A legend, warning, and old tales are all examples of...

What is an ancient prophecy?

300

The setting of "Annabel Lee."

What is a kingdom by the sea?

300

This is the family's first wish after receiving the paw.

What is two hundred pounds?

300

Poe stayed with more traditional American themes while Oates modernized them.

What is a difference between traditional and modern Gothic literature?

300

This was the stranger's happy place.

What is the window seat?

400

Ghosts, giants, the walking dead, monsters, and demons are all examples of...

What is the supernatural?

400

These supernatural beings took Annabel Lee away from the speaker because they were jealous.

Who are the angels?

400

This is how the family acquires the two hundred pounds.

What is compensation for Herbert's death?

400

The setting has been modernized into a normal home rather than a castle or mansion.

What is a characteristic of modern Gothic literature?

400

This is the room the stranger wants to see the most.

What is the son's bedroom?

500

To confront social problems and ideas normally considered “taboo.”

What is the purpose of Gothic literature?

500

The two meanings of the title "The Fall of the House of Usher."

What is the demise of the house and the family?

500

These are the second and third wishes of the family.

What is for Herbert to be alive and then dead again?

500

This author relies more on reader's imaginations.

Who is Joyce Carol Oates?

500

The stranger shares one of these with the son.

What is a riddle?

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