80 Gothic Literature Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
In Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey', what is the name of the Gothic-obsessed heroine?
Answer
Catherine Morland
What is the name of the heroine in Ann Radcliffe's 'The Mysteries of Udolpho'?
Answer
Emily St. Aubert
Which American Gothic writer authored 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'?
Answer
Washington Irving
What is the name of the vampire in the 1847 penny dreadful 'Varney the Vampire'?
Answer
Sir Francis Varney
What Gothic novel features a portrait that ages instead of its subject?
Answer
The Picture of Dorian Gray
What Gothic novel was written by Emily Brontë?
Answer
Wuthering Heights
What is the name of the madwoman in the attic in Charlotte Brontë's 'Jane Eyre'?
Answer
Bertha Mason
What is the name of the Bleeding Nun in Matthew Lewis's 'The Monk'?
Answer
Beatrice de las Cisternas
Which 1764 novel is considered the first Gothic novel?
Answer
The Castle of Otranto
In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', what is the name of the asylum doctor?
Answer
Dr. Seward
Which Gothic novel features a mysterious monk named Schedoni?
Answer
The Italian
What is the subtitle of Horace Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto'?
Answer
A Gothic Story
Which Gothic novel includes a character named Justine Moritz?
Answer
Frankenstein
In 'Wuthering Heights', what is the name of the Linton family home?
Answer
Thrushcross Grange
In 'The Monk', what is the name of the protagonist?
Answer
Ambrosio
Which American author wrote 'The Fall of the House of Usher'?
Answer
Edgar Allan Poe
Which Gothic novel is set in Transylvania?
Answer
Dracula
Who painted Dorian Gray's portrait in 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'?
Answer
Basil Hallward
Which Gothic novel features the character Heathcliff?
Answer
Wuthering Heights
In 'Dracula', what is the name of the vampire hunter?
Answer
Abraham Van Helsing
Who wrote the Gothic novel 'Frankenstein'?
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Mary Shelley