Section I: 20 points (10 questions at 2 pts each)

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1 ENG 10103: Gothic Fiction Lynda Davis July 20, 2009 Name: Date: Mid-Term Exam Anyone caught participating in academic dishonesty will fail this test and have a complaint filed with Student Affairs. Once you receive this test, there will be no more talking in class permitted. Section I: 20 points (10 questions at 2 pts each) Identification: In regards to the texts we have read/watched, identify/explain the words below using a sentence of at least 10 words. Make sure the answers you give are in context with our studies; words with an * should also include an example from our texts/films. The two you choose not to answer, you must cross-out, otherwise, they will count against you. 1. Strawberry Hill 2. Unreliable Narrator* 3. Entrapment/Imprisonment * 4. Bryonic Hero* 5. Buildungsroman* 6. Foil* 7. Romanticism

2 8. A skeletal figure wearing the cowl of a hermit 9. John Calvin 10. Incest* 11. Point of View 12. The attic Section II: 30 points (15 questions at 3 pts each) Fill in the blank: Answer 15 of the following and cross-out the three answers you choose not to answer. If you do not cross them out, they will count against you. 1. Contemporary critics of states that he/she was influenced by Lord Byron too much; also he/she was a leading figure in the movement, a pessimistic version of, and a reaction to, the movement, an anti-intellectualism movement that emphasized intuition and self-reliance. 2. Name two literary elements used here: After their dance had been interrupted by Mr. Thorpe, Mr. Tilney, speaking about dancing, says to Catherine, He has no business to withdraw the attention of my partner from me. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness... I consider a country dance as an emblem of marriage. These are examples of (in order): and.

3 3. The author is considered the father of the Gothic novel, while is considered the father of the detective novel and the short story, and is credited with refining the Gothic novel through the genre of the Female Gothic. 4. In Horace Walpole s second preface, he adds this key phrase,, apologizes for, and claims to have been influenced by (writer). 5. Faith s pink ribbon could be seen as a/an for her innocence. 6. What are the four elements of the narrative plot structure? 7. Gothic narratives are typically set in a country. 8. What literary device is used here: He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. 9. Name at least two texts we ve read in which there was a first person narrator. and. 10. Edmund Burke believe that you could only experience the if you were in a position of and in the class of society. 11. Immanuel Kant disagreed with Burke in that the rested not in an object but rather, where you then can use

4 reason to gain understanding and therefore. 12. The character that opposes the lead character in a literary work is called a ; this character is (circle one) always or not always a bad guy ; also the Mad Scientist and the Cruel Stepmother are considered characters. 13. A is a humorous, exaggerated imitation of another work ; one example of this kind of work is, which makes fun of. 14. Finish this quote as closely as possible: That the castle and lordship of Otranto should pass from the present family, whenever. 15. In Northanger Abbey, Austen includes a manifesto in which she criticizes who often. 16. Name one work that seems to anticipate the theories of Freud or Jung. 17. The physical description of Hyde as a figure references the contemporary scientific theories of, who had recently published a text called. 18. The author grew up in Edinburgh Scotland. This city s dual nature seems to have influenced the narrative because. Section III: 15 points (5 questions at 3 pts each) Quotations: Please answer five and cross out the two you will not be answering, or they will count against you should you not answer them or get them wrong. Read the instructions closely. Instructions: Name the character speaking, the text in which it appears, and the significance of the quote. 1. Sir, I must choose death with a quiet conscience rather than life to be gained by a lie.

5 2. I incline to Cain s heresy and I let my brother go to the devil in his own way. 3. No repentance of theirs can bring her back to life. 4. Depending upon one another s hearts, ye had still hoped, that virtue were not all a dream. Now are you undeceived! Evil is the nature of mankind. 5. The radiance was that of the full, setting, and blood-red moon, which now shone vividly through that once barely-discernible fissure, of which I have before spoken as extending from the roof of the building, in a zigzag direction to the base. While I gazed, this fissure rapidly widened there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight. 6. Did you ever remark that door?

6 7.... his blood is noble: nor is he that abject thing, my lord, you speak him. He is my lawful son; and Sicily can boast of few houses more ancient... Section IV: 35 points (7 questions at 5 pts each) Short Answer: In one brief paragraph (a few sentences) answer the following questions 1. Some critics argue that Walpole s novel could be female gothic. Why would they argue this? 2. One common trope of the gothic is the ancestral curse. Name one work that uses this trope and explain how it contributes to the supernatural suspense of the novel. 3. How did the French Revolution and the Jacobean conflict influence the gothic genre?

7 4. Gothic writers often claim to have had a dream shortly before writing their novel. Name one author with this claim and how does the dream play into his/her work? 5. Why are mothers so often dead in Female Gothic narratives? How does the Female Gothic give voice to women who oftentimes had no voice in society? 6. In what way does religion play a role in Gothic narratives? 7. Describe the difference between Literature of Terror and Literature of Horror connect the definitions to a work/character we ve studied.

8 Bonus Question #1: maximum 2 points. Why does Hamlet state that the play s the thing? Why does he put on the play? Bonus Question #2: maximum 5 points (1/2 point off for each wrong descriptor or example). Name the seven descriptors of the Gothic genre (given in the Gothic Novel PowerPoint), and give an example of each from our text. ENG 10103: Gothic Fiction Lynda Davis July 31, 2009 Name: Date: Final Exam Anyone caught participating in academic dishonesty will fail this test and have a complaint filed with Student Affairs. Once you receive this test, there will be no more talking in class permitted. Section I: 14 points (7 questions at 2 pts each) Identification: In regards to the texts we have read/watched, identify/explain the words below using a sentence of at least 10 words. Make sure the answers you give are in context with our studies; words with an * should also include an example from our texts/films this semester. The two you choose not to answer, you must cross-out, otherwise, they will count against you. 1. Verbal Irony with example not necessarily from our text

9 2. Grotesque* 3. Epiphany* 4. Internalized Racism* 5. Verisimilitude 6. Dramatic Irony with example (doesn t need to be from our texts) 7. Archetype 8. Situational Irony with example (doesn t need to be from our texts) 9. Direct Discourse Section II: 30 points (15 questions at 3 pts each)

10 Fill in the blank: Answer 15 of the following and cross-out the two answers you choose not to answer. If you do not cross them out, they will count against you. 1. Narration: As discussed in class, the narrative voice in A Rose for Emily is unique because is the narrator. 2. In this story, (name story), the author uses a narration within a narration. The two narrators are and. 3. Perkins-Gilman uses the narrative technique in order to convey the narrator s descent into madness. 4. In this story,, the narrator appeals to our sense of when he/she begins the narrative Lonely Meg. 5. In the narrative entitled, the author uses several trickster figures. Name two: 6. Name this literary technique used by the narrator: He spoke in a low, tender tone in the French tongue, making some inquiry. An answer came from within. Was it the voice of a human? So unnatural was it---so hollow, so discordant, so unearthly that the stealthy listener shuddered again from head to foot Whose picture does the grandmother want to paint in the story A Good Man is Hard to Find? And why is that significant?. 8. In class, we discussed this story as a modern day fairy tale :.

11 9. Recently, we ve talked about the scholar Henry Louis Gates arrest. In what way is he connected to one of the works we read this semester? 10. Name the writer discussed in class that became so frustrated with society s inability to view him as a literary scholar rather than an Uncle Remus that he eventually quit writing all together? 11. Name the writer who, after trying to support his/herself and child by selling homemade shampoo, wrote a work of fiction that some people view as autobiographical The works of this author typically use violence and the Gothic to explore Christian Realism. 13. Jean-ah Poquelin is set in the first decade of the 19 th century just after what major political event which proves vital to understanding the narrative?. 14. Name one work we ve seen/read that uses flashback to tell the story. 15. One narrative in particular we studied emphasizes one character s desire to freeze time, which is further emphasized by the imagery within the story. Name that work: 16. What kind of realism do both Gilbert and Oates use in their narratives? 17. One story we ve read/watched has an incubus as an antagonist, name the narrative. Section III: 15 points (5 questions at 3 pts each) Quotations: Please answer five and cross out the two you will not be answering, or they will count against you should you not answer them or get them wrong. Read the instructions closely. Instructions: Name the character speaking, the text in which it appears, and the significance of the quote.

12 1. Just think how much profit she was to us last summer. We had no work hired out; she did the work of two girls. 2. I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me. 3. Our fathers were our models for God. If our fathers bailed, what does that tell you about God? 4. Jesus was the One that ever raised the dead [...] and He shouldn t have done it. He shown everything off balance. If He did what He said, then it s nothing for you to do but throw away everything and follow Him, and if He didn t, then it s nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can by killing somebody or burning down his house or doing some other meanness to him. No pleasure but meanness. 5. I have been to school and dreamed when I went that it would work some marvelous change in my condition. But what did I learn? I learned to feel that no degree of learning or wisdom will change the color of my skin and that I shall always wear what in my own country is a badge of degradation. When I think about it seriously I do not care particularly for such a life.

13 6. Now, ef dey s an thing a nigger lub, next ter possum, en chick n, en watermillyms, it s scuppernon s.... den de scuppernon make you smack yo lip en roll yo eye en wush fer mo I've got out at last... in spite of you and Jane. And I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back! Section IV: 21 points (3 questions at 7 pts each) Short Answer: In one brief paragraph (a few sentences) answer three of the following questions, cross out the remaining one or it will count against you if you don t answer it or get it wrong. 1. Discuss how Southern Gothic explores the issue of race in our class readings.

14 2. Discuss the romantic myths of the Old South. How does Southern Gothic undercut these notions? 3. Explain how the short story is different from the novel. Be sure and cite at least 2 examples. 4. Explain how some of the works we ve read/seen use local color in its descriptions. Be sure to cite a few examples. When finished with these sections, turn in your exam before proceeding to the next section, the essay

15 Section V: Informal Essay Question: (20 pts.) Suppose you were trying to explain this class to a friend. How would you define Gothic Literature to him/her? How would you describe how the genre adapted and changed through time and through different geographical settings? I expect you to touch on a majority of our readings, to use key plots and/or themes to support your claims, and to use a variety of terms and definitions we discussed in class. I use the term essay loosely. I don t expect an introduction or a thesis statement; I want you to get to the meat of the subject and demonstrate to me that not only do you understand Gothic, but you understand the bigger picture of our course readings and how Gothic influenced these readings. committee Castle of Otranto The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Romance of the Forest (Excerpts) Northanger Abbey Jane Eyre Lois the Witch Young Goodman Brown The House of Usher Our Nig Skeleton Key The Goophered Grapevine The Sheriff s Children Jean-ah Poquelin A Rose for Emily A Good Man is Hard to Find The Yellow Wall Paper Where are you going Where have you been or Smooth Talk (same work) Fight Club Bonus Question: maximum 5 points. On Southern Gothic in Streetcar Named Desire. The play Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, has often been put forth as a good example of Southern Gothic. Discuss the view that Streetcar Named Desire is a play concerned with the conflict between the values of the old world and the new, and that this conflict is expressed through the battle between Stanley and Blanche.