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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. In what city do Victor and his father stop on their journey from Ireland to Geneva?

2. During his journey, why was the creature shot?

3. In Chapter 20, why is Victor taken to the magistrate?

4. About how old was Henry at the time of his death?

5. How did the creature come to learn the cottager’s language?

Short Essay Questions

1. What fear remains with Victor as his wedding day draws closer?

2. In Chapter 20, what threat does the creature make against Victor?

3. Why does the creature attempt to kidnap William in Chapter 16?

4. Why does Victor send Elizabeth to their room alone on their wedding night?

5. What changes in the lives of the cottagers in Chapter 13?

6. Why does Victor’s father encourage him to set a date for his wedding to Elizabeth?

7. What does the creature ask Victor to give to him in Chapter 17?

8. When the creature came to live in a hovel attached to a cottage, what did he do with his days and nights?

9. Why does Victor leave his travel companion in Scotland to take a small cottage on a remote island?

10. What does Victor see at the beginning of Chapter 20 that frightens him and determines him not to finish creating the creature’s companion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters in the novel and describe their feelings of guilt. How do they express their guilt? For what reasons do they feel guilty? How does their guilt influence their actions and emotions?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the theme of loneliness. Why does the creature blame his malicious and murderous actions on loneliness? What does the creature think will cure his loneliness? What other ways might the creature have found to alleviate his loneliness? What is the creature realize is the cause of his loneliness?

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