Gothic literature
True or False
Narration in Gothic Literature is usually highly emotional with lots of twists and turns.
True
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a prominent classical music composer from England who toured the US three times in the early 1900s. The child of a West African father and an English mother, Coleridge-Taylor emphasized his mixed-race ancestry. For example, he referred to himself as Anglo-African. ______ he incorporated the sounds of traditional African music into his classical music compositions.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. In addition,
B. Actually,
C. However,
D. Regardless,
A. In addition,
Which term refers to the time, place, and social environment in which a story takes place?
Setting
Who is The ranch boss’s son who is married to a character who dies in the text.
Curley
In Gothic novels, the conflict is often....
Person Vs Person
Person Vs Supernatural
Person Vs Technology
Person Vs Supernatural
Most of the planets that have been discovered outside our solar system orbit G-type stars, like our Sun. In 2014, ______ researchers identified a planet orbiting KELT-9, a B-type star more than twice as massive and nearly twice as hot as the Sun. Called KELT-9b, it is one of the hottest planets ever discovered.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. likewise,
B. however,
C. therefore,
D. for example,
B. however,
What is the definition of an allegory?
A story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else
In what decade is Of Mice and Men set?
1930's
What is an unreliable narrator?
Someone the reader can't fully believe
The Limón technique, developed by Mexican-born dancer and choreographer Jose Limón, is known for its emphasis on breath control and its interplay of weight and ______ dancers may explore, for example, the moment of mid-air suspension at the top of a jump.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. weightlessness
B. weightlessness which
C. weightlessness,
D. weightlessness;
D. weightlessness;
What figurative language device is being used in the following lines from the story titled The Masque of the Red Death?
“And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.”
Personification
What animal is Lennie most similar to in the novel?
Dog
What is a theme of The Masque of the Red Death?
Multiple answers will be accepted.
wealth cannot protect anyone from death
The following text is adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1837 story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.” The main character, a physician, is experimenting with rehydrating a dried flower.
At first [the rose] lay lightly on the surface of the fluid, appearing to imbibe none of its moisture. Soon, however, a singular change began to be visible. The crushed and dried petals stirred and assumed a deepening tinge of crimson, as if the flower were reviving from a deathlike slumber.
As used in the text, what does the phrase “a singular” most nearly mean?
A. A lonely
B. A disagreeable
C. An acceptable
D. An extraordinary
D. An extraordinary
What type of figurative language is used in this quote from The Yellow Wallpaper?
''Creeping as fast as a cloud shadow in a high wind.''
simile
Why does Candy regret not shooting his dog himself?
He believed it was cowardly to let someone else do it.
What is a theme of The Black Cat?
Multiple answers will be accepted
The repression of guilt can cause people to go mad
Alexander dumas’s 19th century novel The Three Musketeers tell dramatic adventure stories about the French royal guard two centuries earlier.
No change
Are telling
Were telling
Tells
Tells
What type of figurative language is used in this quote from The Black Cat?
"I had walled up a monster in that tomb"
metaphor
The novel title Of Mice and Men stemmed from a poem titled
“Georgie”
“A Mouse in My Kitchen”
“To a Mouse”
“House of Mice”
“To a Mouse”