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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 the creature only travel at night?
2. Why is Victor accused of murdering Henry?
3. What season was it when the creature begins traveling to his creator’s hometown?
4. How long was the DeLacey family held in jail before their trial?
5. What does Victor think of when he looks at his creature’s face?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Victor learn he has been accused of killing? Who does Victor think is the real murderer?
2. Why does Victor leave his travel companion in Scotland to take a small cottage on a remote island?
3. What caused the creature to begin to wonder about his own origins?
4. In Chapter 20, what threat does the creature make against Victor?
5. 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?
6. Why is Victor’s rescue ship forced to turn south? How does Victor react to this decision?
7. Why has the creature come to grieve his creator? What does the creature plan to do now that Victor is dead?
8. When the creature came to live in a hovel attached to a cottage, what did he do with his days and nights?
9. What changes in the lives of the cottagers in Chapter 13?
10. What barrier is there initially between the new arrival and the cottagers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the creature’s motivations in killing William Frankenstein. How does the creature come to meet William? Why does he try to kidnap him? What causes the creature to kill William? What does he do afterward? What does this tell the reader about his character?
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
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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