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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon arrival, why is Victor unable to enter his hometown?
(a) He wants to speak with the magistrate first.
(b) He is afraid to speak with his family.
(c) The family wants to wait to meet him in the morning.
(d) The gates are locked.

2. To what does Victor compare his creature when he wakes to find the creature watching him?
(a) A mummy.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A butchered cow.
(d) A long dead animal.

3. Which of the following began Victor’s fascination with lightning and electricity?
(a) Benjamin Franklin’s scientific experiments.
(b) An electric storm that destroys a nearby tree.
(c) Albert Einstein’s scientific breakthroughs.
(d) A storm that destroys the family home.

4. After William’s death, where was the locket found?
(a) At the sight of his murder.
(b) In William’s dresser drawer.
(c) In Justine's pocket.
(d) In a stranger's hotel room.

5. What does Victor say in the final pages of Chapter 3 decided his future for him?
(a) His decision to leave University before classes began.
(b) His decision to quickly complete school so that he might return home to marry Elizabeth.
(c) His visit with M. Waldman, a professor who becomes Victor’s mentor.
(d) His visit with a professor who encourages him to change his major to mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where did the creature flee when he first left Frankenstein’s rooms after his awakening?

2. What scarce necessity drove the creature to approach a shepherd’s dwelling after fleeing Frankenstein’s rooms?

3. What was the first of his five senses the creature became aware of upon his awakening?

4. In Chapter 9, the Frankenstein retire to their house in what city?

5. What was Victor’s family was doing on the night William disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What influenced Victor to begin reading philosophy as a teen?

2. What does the creature remember of the first few hours of his life?

3. Why has the creature sought out Victor in Chapter 10?

4. Who confesses to William’s murder? What significant discovery is made about this confession?

5. Where was Victor Frankenstein found? What reason does he give for being there?

6. When Victor recovers from his illness and visits the school to make introductions, how does he feel about his familiar classrooms and his beloved philosophy studies?

7. Why does Victor flee his rooms in Chapter 5?

8. Why is Robert Walton pleased when Victor Frankenstein is brought aboard ship?

9. Why does Victor decide to take a trip to the Chamounix Valley?

10. Why is Caroline warned against nursing Elizabeth as she suffers scarlet fever?

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