The Castle of Otranto · Horace Walpole

Whole Book Quiz

Twenty questions on the whole of The Castle of Otranto: its plot, its people, its supernatural machinery and its place as the first Gothic novel.

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Q1 of 20
Why is The Castle of Otranto famous?
Q2 of 20
Who wrote it?
Q3 of 20
Why did Walpole hide his authorship at first?
Q4 of 20
Where is the story set?
Q5 of 20
When is the story supposed to take place?
Q6 of 20
What object begins all the trouble?
Q7 of 20
What kind of man is Manfred?
Q8 of 20
Why does Manfred need an heir so badly?
Q9 of 20
Who is Hippolita?
Q10 of 20
Who are the two young heroines?
Q11 of 20
Who is Theodore at the start of the novel?
Q12 of 20
What role does Father Jerome play?
Q13 of 20
Which is NOT one of the novel's supernatural events?
Q14 of 20
What do the giant pieces of armour belong to?
Q15 of 20
How is the prophecy fulfilled?
Q16 of 20
Who kills Matilda?
Q17 of 20
What sin lies behind the whole story?
Q18 of 20
Which earlier writer did Walpole say he was imitating?
Q19 of 20
How long is the novel?
Q20 of 20
What is the mood of the ending?