Author of "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus"
Who is Mary Shelley?
100
The first Gothic novel written
What is "The Castle of Ontrato"?
100
Poe's short story recounting the murder of an old man.
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
100
In literature, the one who tells the story
What is the narrator?
100
King's first name
What is Stephen?
200
The death of this person causes Victor Frankenstein to want to create life
Who is Victor's mother?
200
Author of the first Gothic novel
Who is Horace Walpole?
200
The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart claims to be NOT this
What is mad? (insane)
200
Literature that mixes romantic traits and horror traits
What is Gothic fiction?
200
Dr. Harper is wearing this at the end of the short story
What is a boogeyman mask?
300
Field of study that Victor Frankenstein goes to Ingolstadt to study
What is medicine
300
Literary term used about old, run down castles or great country manors usually featuring hidden passages, trap doors, dungeons or secret rooms.
What is a gothic setting?
300
Number of days the narrator waits to kill the old man in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
What is 7? (He kills him on the 8th day)
300
A type of text that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm
What is 'a poem'?
300
Main character's name in the story of "The Boogeyman"?
Who is Lester Billings?
400
The monster wants to have this in his future
What is a 'female companion'? (a wife) (a woman)
400
Women in gothic novels are often 'in ...'?
What is (in) 'distress'?
400
The narrator confesses his crime because of this sound
What is a ticking sound? (the dead man's heart beating)
400
A brief work of literature, usually written in narrative prose. Usually has few characters and only one or a few settings.
What is 'a short story'?
400
The victims of the crimes committed in the short story "The Boogeyman"
Who are the children?
500
The function of the story of Captain Walton and his expedition in the story of 'Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus'
What is a frame narrative?
500
Another literary term for 'mood'?
What is 'atmosphere'?
500
Edgar Allen Poe belonged to this literary period
What is 'the American Romantic era'?
500
The comparison of two objects without the use of 'as' or 'like'
What is 'a metaphor'?
500
A form of modern folklore consisting of stories that may or may not have been believed by their tellers to be true. Used in King's short story 'The Boogeyman' when Lester Billings is describing the monster...