Gothic Elements
Plot Points
Characters
Vocabulary
Misc
101
What type of Gothic Element does the High Place represent
What is a Haunted House?
101
What does Noemi find that exemplifies the physical effects of the High Place?
What is a rash?
101
Which character does this animal represent to Noemi?
Who is Catalina?
101
What is a "Draught?"
"But they said she put a sleeping draught in their food" (130).
What is a serving of a drink?
101
What strange, artsy botanical hobby does Francis have a liking for?
What are spore prints?
202
What Gothic Element does Catalina's perception of the wallpaper give respect to?
What is Psychological Terror
202
What is Noemi given by the local healer as a talisman?
What is a beaded bracelet?
202
Which character shot several family members and themselves
Who is Ruth?
202
What is the definition for the word "acrid?"
"'I wish to be alone with her,' Virgil replied acridly" (144).
What is angry and bitter?
202
What is the movement that the Doyles admire regarding physical aesthetics?
what is eugenics?
303
What Gothic Element does Noemi's most recent nightmare give respect to?
What is Grotesque?
303
What does Noemi buy when in town?
What are playing cards?
303
What is the name of the local healer?
Who is Marta Duval?
303
What is the meaning of the word "Crass?"
"It would be crass to state such a thing while you're nibbling at a canapé" (110).
What is showing a lack of intelligence and sensitivity; unacceptable?
303
What fairy tale does Noemi recall when thinking of Catalina?
What is Rapunzel?
404
What Gothic Element does the Doyle family history give respect to?
What is Ancestral Secrets?
404
What illness plagues the Doyle Family?
What is "mal de aire?"
404
Which character does this animal represent to Noemi?
Who is Howard?
404
What does "Procure" mean?
"Or perhaps her lover had procured it for her" (130-131).
What is to obtain (something), especially with care or effort?
404
What animal symbol is on the Doyle family crest?
What is snakes eating their tails?
505
What Gothic Element does the High Place's location reference?
What is isolation?
505
What is the most devastating effect of Catalina's seizure?
What is turning the family strongly against her?
505
Which character does this plant represent to Noemi?
Who is Florence?
505
What is the meaning of the word "Prosaic?"
"She found the whole episode embarrassing and prosaic" (123).
What is lacking beauty/unromantic?
505
What medicine did Noemi give to Catalina?
What is an opium tincture? (143)