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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Victor feel about his trip to London?
(a) Despair.
(b) Great joy and excitement.
(c) Scholarly enthusiasm.
(d) Elation.

2. What city do Victor and Henry visit after London?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Paris.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Westmorland.

3. Why does Victor’s father think that Victor avoids social situations?
(a) He does not want to spread his illness.
(b) He is grieving for his good friend.
(c) He is ashamed that he was accused of murder.
(d) He does not want to delay their return home.

4. What does the creature tell Victor he will do to make sure he keeps his promise?
(a) Keep an eye on him.
(b) Keep his bankbook so he cannot run away.
(c) Become his constant companion.
(d) Keep Elizabeth hostage.

5. Who was Felix?
(a) The cottager's dog.
(b) The young girl’s fiancé.
(c) The young male cottager.
(d) The father of the cottagers.

6. Why Victor decide to dispose of the second creature’s body?
(a) Out of respect for what might have been.
(b) To hide what he has done.
(c) To spare the feelings for the first creature.
(d) To keep the peasants from thinking he had committed murder.

7. How does Victor react upon seeing his creature through the window of his honeymoon suite?
(a) He tries to shoot the creature.
(b) He calls for help.
(c) He argues with the creature.
(d) He faints.

8. In what city do Victor and his father stop on their journey from Ireland to Geneva?
(a) London.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Ingolstadt.

9. What does Henry hope to do while in London?
(a) Tour the landmarks of the city.
(b) Visit with men of genius and talent.
(c) Tour the museums and universities.
(d) Visit with old school chums.

10. What city reminds Victor of Chamounix?
(a) Derby.
(b) Cumberland.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Matlock.

11. Why didn’t the creature return to his hovel after his attempt to befriend the cottagers?
(a) He no longer wanted nothing to do with the cottagers.
(b) It burned down.
(c) He was afraid of being seen.
(d) The cottagers had locked it up.

12. At the end of Chapter 12, what did the creature dream about in regards to the cottagers?
(a) Becoming their servant.
(b) Winning their love and affection.
(c) Marrying the daughter.
(d) Murdering them all.

13. How does Victor tell his listener he often knew that the creature was still ahead of him and aware of his pursuit?
(a) The creature would come to him at night to mock him.
(b) The creature often left notes carved into trees or into stone for him.
(c) He would see evidence of the creature in abandoned camp sites.
(d) People would report visits from the creature.

14. What reason does Victor give his father for wanting to travel to England?
(a) To improve his mood.
(b) To get information to help him create a companion for his creature.
(c) To have one last fling.
(d) To visit his friends.

15. What does Victor need to do before he can build a female companion for his creature?
(a) Send his family into seclusion.
(b) Study.
(c) Learn female anatomy.
(d) Marry Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the creature seize William Frankenstein’s throat?

2. What does Victor tell Walton when he discusses his feelings about his impending death?

3. What did the creature do after his disastrous attempt to befriend the cottagers?

4. Why do Henry and Victor decide to visit Edinburgh?

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

(see the answer keys)

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