Gothic Horror: A Quiz on the Major Works and Authors

Gothic horror is typically characterized by dark and gloomy atmosphere, supernatural elements, and ancient curses, not happy endings.

Horace Walpole is credited with writing the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto (1764), which established many of the conventions of the genre.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic novel, but it is not considered to be a major work of the genre.

The monster created by Victor Frankenstein is referred to simply as "The Creature" throughout the novel.

The vampire who terrorizes Transylvania in Dracula is Count Dracula.

Love and romance are not common themes in Gothic horror, which typically focuses on darker and more macabre subjects.

Matthew Lewis is the author of the Gothic novel The Monk (1796).

Modern cities are not common settings in Gothic horror, which typically takes place in older, more atmospheric locations.

Theodore is the protagonist of The Castle of Otranto.

Sherlock Holmes is not a character in Dracula.

Charles Maturin is the author of the Gothic novel Melmoth the Wanderer (1820).

Zombies are not a common element of Gothic horror, which typically features other types of supernatural creatures.

Ann Radcliffe is the author of the Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794).

The power of revenge is not a major theme in Frankenstein.

William Godwin is the author of the Gothic novel Caleb Williams (1794).