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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWho is the author of the novel Frankenstein?Mary ShelleyRobert WaltonLord ByronVictor Frankenstein
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe events of Mary Shelley's life could best be described as...upliftingtragicluckyexcited
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich character wrote the letters, which begin the novel?Victor FrankensteinRobert WaltonThe CreatureMargaret Saville
- 4. Multiple ChoiceIn which letter does Robert Walton describe meeting Dr. Frankenstein?1234
- 5. Multiple ChoiceRobert Walton is addressing the letters to his....?MotherBrotherSisterCousin
- 6. Multiple ChoiceDr. Frankenstein tells Robert Walton, "Nothing can alter my destiny: listen to my history, and you will see..." This most nearly means which of the following?Frankenstein believes that he controls his fate.Frankenstein wants to change his past.Frankenstein's future has already been determined by his past.Frankenstein does not believe in destiny.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Victor, by birth is:
Genevese
Alphonese
Italian
English
- 8. Multiple ChoiceVictor is the ____________ child.EldestMiddleYoungestOnly
- 9. Multiple ChoiceElizabeth was found in the country of:EnglandGermanyItalyAmerica
- 10. Multiple ChoiceElizabeth was found orphaned, living with a peasant woman as:Her parents were divorcedHer parents were both deadHer father was dead and her mother was an opera singerHer mother was dead and her father's whereabouts were unknown
- 11. Multiple ChoiceElizabeth was loved by all.TrueFalse
- 12. Multiple ChoiceVictor developed an interest in electricity when:A bolt of lightening destroyed his homeA bolt of lightening destroyed a tree near his homeHis father's friend demonstrates electric usage to himHe is shocked through electrotherapy.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceVictor was sent to college at the age of ________ by his parents.15161718
- 14. Multiple Choice
Victor's mother dies of:
Typhoid
Cancer
Scarlet Fever
Rheumatoid Arthritis
- 15. Multiple ChoiceOn her deathbed she makes Victor promise,He will marry ElizabethHe will return to schoolHe will raise his siblingsHe will stay home and tend his father
- 16. Multiple Choice
Victor gains a significant interest in ________________ and chooses to study this topic at the university.
Science
Business
Psychology
Anatomy
- 17. Multiple Choice
Where is Victor Frankenstein's hometown?
Ingolstadt, Germany
Constantinople, Turkey
Geneva, Switzerland
Venice, Italy
- 18. Multiple Choice
The story of Frankenstein is told using a literary device called a frame story, or a story within a story. WHO is Victor telling his life's story TO?
Mary Shelley
Elizabeth
Henry Clerval
Robert Walton
- 19. Multiple Choice
Within his study of sciences, Victor mentions in Chapter 4 that he is particularly interested in the study of...
the central nervous system
the table of elements
the anatomy of the body
the human brain
- 20. Multiple Choice
Victor searched many different locations for the perfect 'pieces' to use in his creation. Which of the following IS NOT a place Victor traveled to in search for parts?
Slaughterhouses
Graveyards
Morgues
Funerals
- 21. Multiple Choice
How tall would Victor's monster be when he was finished with it, according to Chapter 4?
6 ft
7 ft
8 ft
Normal human height
- 22. Multiple Choice
Victor's mother is older than Victor's father.
True
False
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat physical features of the creature most horrify Victor upon its awakening?Its yellow, watery eyes and its shriveled, sickly complexionIts veins which run with black bloodIts brain, oozing from various parts of its headNothing; Victor finds his creature to be "perfect" in creation
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Victor immediately do upon the awakening of his creation?He tries to kill the creature by reversing his experiment.He reports the experiment to his favorite professor, M. Waldman.He runs away to his bedroom, where he tries to sleep/escape.He flees home to his father and Elizabeth.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceOf what does Victor dream after the first night of the creature's awakening?Kissing Elizabeth, only to have her turn into a corpse thereafterHis mother, whom he now wishes he had brought back to life instead of the creatureThe creature's eyesHis father, whom he knows he has disappointed
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhy is Henry Clerval, Victor's best friend, at Ingolstadt?To bring Victor home, for his father and Elizabeth have demanded itTo study poetry, having convinced his own father of the importance of doing soTo help Victor catch and kill the creatureTo kill Victor, having found out about his science experiments
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhen Victor brings Henry to his home and bedroom for the first time, the creature...Attacks Victor, having been waiting for him to returnIs gone, having simply vanished without a traceApologizes to Victor for initially scaring himAttacks Henry, thinking him to be a stranger and threat to his creator, Victor
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Henry provide Victor during his stay at Ingolstadt?Nurturing and care, and also a letter from homeMoney, sent from Victor's fatherPoetry, in an effort to convince him to study something other than scienceHarsh criticism of the experiments Victor has been conducting
- 29. Multiple Choice
Why is the stranger in the North Pole?
To find his friend
To find what fled from him
To find the meaning of life
To discover magnetism
- 30. Multiple Choice
"brightest living gold", "blue eyes cloudless" and "a being heaven sent" is referring to who?
Elizabeth
Victor's Mother
Henry Clerval
Victor Frankenstein
- 31. Multiple Choice
The purpose of chapters 1-3 is to introduce us to whom?
Henry
Elizabeth
His Parents
Victor
- 32. Multiple Choice
Frankenstein is the name of the monster.
True
False
- 33. Multiple Choice
Galvanism involves using _________________ to make body parts move.
electricity
frogs
dead criminals
salt water
- 34. Multiple Choice
Is the following formatted correctly: Victor describes the monster's hair as "lustrous black, and flowing".
True
False
- 35. Multiple Choice
Who was discouraged from getting an education?
Safie
Caroline
Henry Clerval
Krempe
- 36. Multiple Choice
How did the monster learn about the cottage family's history?
Felix tells him
Reading their letters
Eavesdropping
The cottage father told him
- 37. Multiple Choice
Where are the Frankenstein's traveling when they adopt Elizabeth?
Sanskirt
Italy
Ingolstadt
Saville
- 38. Multiple Choice
Why does Victor choose this time, after Justine's trial, to travel to the mountains?
Mary Shelley told him the monster would meet him if he went there
He wanted revenge upon the monster
he wanted to recuperate in a place where he felt comfortable
he wanted to bury Justine in a mountaintop
- 39. Multiple Choice
Who is being TOLD TO... "Learn from me, if not by my precept, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge."
Robert Walton
Justine
Victor
Agatha
- 40. Multiple Choice
Who is speaking in the following phrase?
"William is dead! That sweet child, he is murdered!"
The monster
Alphonse
Elizabeth
Victor
- 41. Multiple Choice
Who is speaking the following words?
"It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils"
Henry
Agatha
Justine
Victor
- 42. Multiple Choice
Why does Frankenstein begin his tale by giving background information on his family and himself?
to set the mood
to show how imprtant his family is
because that is the beginning
none of the above
- 43. Multiple Choice
Which of the following books is NOT one of those read by the monster?
Paradise Lost
The Sorrows of Werter
Plutarch's Lives
The Inferno
- 44. Multiple Choice
How does Walton meet Victor?
They work in the same laboratory on an island off Scotland
Walton escorts Victor northward in pursuit of the monster
Walton finds VIctor on the northern ice and nurses him back to health
They are students together at Ingolstadt
- 45. Multiple Choice
A Turkish merchant promised _______________'s hand in marriage to Felix.
Safie
The monster
Ernest
Saville
- 46. Multiple Choice
How does Caroline die?
childbirth
scarlet fever
the monster kills her
necklace
- 47. Multiple Choice
Who was depressed until the arrival of a guest in the spring?
Krempe
Safie
Felix
Henry
- 48. Multiple Choice
Who was wrongly accused of murder?
Ernest Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein
Caroline Beaufort
Justine Moritz
- 49. Multiple Choice
What characteristic leads to Victor's downfall?
His will to survive
his love for Elizabeth
his desire for knowledge
his love for his family
- 50. Multiple Choice
What natural element does Shelley associate with the monster?
storms
ice
journals
lightening
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