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The Castle of Otranto Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed April 21, 2017

1 What year was the novel written?

1864

1860

1764

1760
2 The novel was the first in the _______ revival.

Romanticism

Victorian

Neoclassical

Gothic
3 In the first preface Walpole

includes a poem

says he wrote the manuscript himself

says he found the manuscript

says he burned the original manuscript
4 In the second preface Walpole

includes a poem

says he found the manuscript

admits he wrote the novel

disavows the manuscript altogether
5 Where is the novel set?

England

France

Norway

Italy
6 When is the novel set?

!8th century

The middle ages

16th century

17th century`
7 Conrad is described as

dumb

cruel

sickly

strong
8 Why do the servants think Manfred set up Conrad's wedding to Isabella?

Isabella brings a lot of money

The prophecy

Conrad is old and needs to be married

Conrad demands it
9 How does Conrad die?

Crushed by a helmet

Falls off a tower

Stabbed by his father

Strangled by a portrait
10 Who does Manfred seem most concerned about after his son's death?

Hippolita

Bianca

Matilda

Isabella
11 The helmet looks like the one

of Frederic

of Alfonso

of Jerome

of Manfred
12 Who points out the similarity of the helmet to the one on the statue?

A servant

Hippolita

Matilda

A peasant
13 What is the best way to describe Manfred?

Prideful

Strange

Thoughtful

Intelligent
14 What is Manfred's plan?

To kill his wife and marry Isabella

To divorce his wife

To divorce his wife and marry Isabella

To take a second wife, Isabella
15 Why does Manfred no longer like Hippolita?

She has not given him more sons

She is too religious

She is cruel and selfish

She is too old
16 What is imbued with a spiritual presence?

A looking-glass belonging to Manfred's father

A map

An old book

The portrait of Manfred's grandfather
17 Where does Isabella flee?

Under the castle

To the library

To the tower

To an abandoned room
18 What scares Isabella in the passageway?

Not knowing how to get out

Darkness

A figure

All of these
19 Who is the figure under the castle?

Manfred

Conrad

Theodore

Matilda
20 How does Isabella get out from under the castle?

A bridge

A trap-door

A boat

A rope
21 Theodore can best described as

cruel

eccentric

dumb

self-assured
22 Theodore claims that ________ helped him escape from the helmet.

God

Providence

Fate

Matilda
23 Manfred actually admires Theodore's

arrogance

presence of mind

intellect

physical prowess
24 Diego and Jaquez are

townspeople

monks

relatives

servants
25 What annoys Manfred about talking to Diego and Jaquez?

They talk too slowly

They take forever to articulate what they saw

They talk too quietly

They are too pompous

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