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- 1. Multiple Choice
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a frame story. What is a frame story?
A story that is considered "pretty as a picture" by critics.
A story that is "framed" by another story.
A story that is as uneventful as a framed photograph.
A story that is framed with multiple interpretations.
- 2. Multiple Choice
The writer of the four letters is:
Margaret Saville
Robert Walton
Elizabeth Lavenza
Victor Frankenstein
- 3. Multiple Choice
What feeling does Robert express to his sister in his early letters?
Anxiety about his journey.
Loneliness because he doesn't fit in with the crew.
Fear of the open ocean.
Irritation because he doesn't want to go on the journey.
- 4. Multiple Choice
In what way do the letters echo ideas that will occur later in the novel?
They mention the idea of loneliness
They allude to the importance of faith.
They set up the idea of man's struggle with nature.
They provide images of ice that repeat throughout the novel.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who is the primary narrator of the novel?
Robert Walton
Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein's monster
Elizabeth Lavenza
- 6. Multiple Choice
What word best describes Victor's childhood?
Idyllic
Tormented
Constantly changing
Impoverished
- 7. Multiple Choice
What natural event does Victor witness that changes his perspective on science?
An earthquake
A tornado
A strike of lightening
A volcano eruption
- 8. Multiple Choice
How do the first few chapters foreshadow Victor's dark future?
Victor tells exactly what happens to him in chapter 1.
Bad things constantly happen to Victor.
Robert Walton interrupts to tell about Victor's future.
Victor refers constantly to his dismal "fate."
- 9. Multiple Choice
How does Victor change once he gets to university?
He becomes interested in girls other than Elizabeth.
He locks himself away with his studies.
He no longer wants to study science.
He becomes an artist.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What does Victor become interested in after studying at the university?
Creating weapons
Creating life
Ruling the world
Earning a lot of money
- 11. Multiple Choice
In what way does Victor Frankenstein's tale show the ideals of Romanticism?
The Romantics didn't like technology.
The Romantics didn't like family values.
The Romantics valued art.
The Romantics despised authority.
- 12. Multiple Choice
How does Victor Frankenstein feel about his creation?
Repulsed
Proud
Envious
Indifferent
- 13. Multiple Choice
How might Victor's dream of Elizabeth and his dead mother be foreshadowing?
It could suggest his mother is not actually dead
It could foreshadow that Victor will face many more hardships.
It could suggest things will get better in the future.
It could foreshadow something bad will happen to Elizabeth.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What news does the letter that Victor's father sends reveal?
Elizabeth has run away
Victor's brother has died.
They have gone bankrupt.
All of the above.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why does Victor begin to be consumed by guilt?
He regrets running away from school.
He feels like he could have prevented his mother's death.
He blames himself for death of his brother and Justine.
He feels he should stop lying to Robert.
- 16. Multiple Choice
In what way might Victor be an unreliable narrator?
The contents of the letters, through his memory, are suspect.
His facts about science are questionable.
His relationship with Elizabeth clouds his judgment.
He admits to being a liar and a cheat.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Where does Victor seek comfort in his grief and guilt?
Music
Nature
His friends
Science
- 18. Multiple Choice
How is the monster different than Victor expected?
He is uglier than Victor remembered.
He is much more handsome than Victor remembered.
He is eloquent and intelligent.
He doesn't remember Victor.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes the monster?
Intelligent
Compassionate
Articulate
All of the above
- 20. Multiple Choice
How does the monster feel once he becomes self-aware?
Isolated
Intelligent
Content
All of the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
How does the monster feel toward the De Lacey family?
A: Despises them.
B: Is indifferent toward them.
C: Admires them.
D: Wants to get rid of them.
- 22. Multiple Choice
How will the reader most likely perceive the monster after the DeLacey's scenes?
Compassionate
Likeable
Sympathetic
All of the above
- 23. Multiple Choice
How does this section continue the frame story structure?
The monster writes a series of letters, which Victor conveys.
The story pans back to Robert Walton.
The monster narrates his story inside of Victor's story.
Elizabeth writes more letters.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of novel is Frankenstein?mysterygothicself-helpbiography
- 25. Multiple Choice
Who wrote the novel Frankenstein
Mary W. Shelley
William Godwin
Mary Worstencraft
Percy Shelley
- 26. Multiple Choice
What is a predominant feature of Romantic literature?Big citiesNature imageryStormy weatherReligious symbols - 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a common feature of Gothic literature?The characters are happy and peaceful.The weather represents the mood.Science overpowers nature.There are many animals.
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhile at Lord Byron's home, the group decided to play a game in which they would write ___ stories and share them.GhostSillyIronicNone of the above
- 29. Multiple Choice
The death/s of __________________ had a profound impact on
Mary’s writing.
Mary and Percy’s children
Percy
Lord Byron
- 30. Multiple Choice
Frankenstein is told through a few layers of_____________ narratives.
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person
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