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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Shortly after the wedding, why does Victor tell Elizabeth that he is unhappy?
2. What does Victor need to do before he can build a female companion for his creature?
3. Why did Felix return to his hometown after helping Safie’s father escape from prison?
4. Why do Henry and Victor decide to visit Edinburgh?
5. Why does Victor say he will not create a second creature?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the creature find in the clothing he took from Frankenstein that alerts him to the way in which he came to life? How does this make him feel?
2. Why has the creature come to grieve his creator? What does the creature plan to do now that Victor is dead?
3. Why were the cottagers exiled to Germany?
4. What does Victor see at the beginning of Chapter 20 that frightens him and determines him not to finish creating the creature’s companion?
5. Why does the creature think he might have a good chance of winning the affection of the cottagers if he approaches the father first?
6. Who or what does the creature say he initially blamed for his unhappiness? What does the creature finally realize is the true cause of his unhappiness?
7. When the creature came to live in a hovel attached to a cottage, what did he do with his days and nights?
8. How does Victor feel about the companion creature he is creating?
9. What happened to Safie’s traveling companion when they were just a short distance from the cottagers?
10. Why does the creature attempt to kidnap William in Chapter 16?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Elizabeth Lavenza’s murder. Why is Elizabeth murdered? How is she murdered? How does Victor react to Elizabeth’s murder? What comparisons can be found in Elizabeth’s murder and Victor’s destruction of his second creature?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Robert Walton? What is the significance of his letters? To whom is he writing? What is he writing about? How does he know Victor? What is the significance of his meeting with the creature?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the creature’s threats against Victor in Scotland. Why does the creature threaten Victor? How does Victor interpret these threats? Does the creature follow through on his threats? Why or why not?
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