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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. Why did Victor visit the magistrate in the days after his father’s death?
2. Where did the creature find a stack of books and clothing?
3. What did the creature do after his disastrous attempt to befriend the cottagers?
4. During his journey, why was the creature shot?
5. What did Victor notice the creature would avoid due to the populations near them?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Victor try to enlist to help him find and exact his revenge on the creature?
2. In Chapter 20, what threat does the creature make against Victor?
3. What happened to Safie’s traveling companion when they were just a short distance from the cottagers?
4. 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?
5. How does Victor feel about the companion creature he is creating?
6. When the creature came to live in a hovel attached to a cottage, what did he do with his days and nights?
7. Why does Victor send Elizabeth to their room alone on their wedding night?
8. How do Agatha and Safie respond to the creature when they find him speaking with Mr. DeLacey?
9. What happened the first time the creature came into a village full of people?
10. Why did Safie’s father offer Felix her hand in marriage and then take her to Turkey?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Shelley express the theme of loneliness throughout the novel? Choose two scenes that express the theme and describe them here. What message is Shelley sending about the effects of loneliness through the character of the creature? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the creature’s observations of the DeLacey family. Why is the creature so interested in this particular family? What does the creature learn from them? How does this knowledge affect the creature, both positively and negatively?
Essay Topic 3
What is the historical significance of this novel? In what ways does Shelley evoke a historical setting through her writing? How has this novel influenced modern writers? In what other ways has the story withstood the test of time?
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