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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. What delays Robert Walton’s trip to the North Pole?
(a) Illness.
(b) A lack of money.
(c) Weather.
(d) Willing ship’s captains.

2. After his mother’s death, what was one of the reasons why Victor delayed his departure to university?
(a) To help Elizabeth through her grief.
(b) To console family members.
(c) The plan his mother's funeral.
(d) To help his father settle the estate.

3. How does Robert Walton come to meet Victor Frankenstein?
(a) Walton and his ship’s crew rescue Victor from an ice flow.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) They were childhood companions.
(d) Walton is Elizabeth's long lost brother.

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

5. What science, aside from philosophy, became Victor’s sole occupation?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Earth science.
(d) Biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the creature think of the first village he ever set eyes on?

2. Why is Justine on trial at the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. Where does Victor meet Henry Clerval?

4. To what does Victor say his friend, Henry, reintroduced him in the weeks after his illness?

5. What does Victor tell Robert Walton that he feels a slave of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Caroline present Elizabeth to young Victor in Chapter 1? How does Victor respond?

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

3. What is thought to be the motive for William’s murder? Why?

4. Why does Robert Walton decide to write down Victor’s story for his sister?

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

6. Why does Victor rush his journey home at the beginning of Chapter 7? What changes to cause him to delay his trip for a few days?

7. What does Robert Walton claim the crew of his ship saw the day before picking up Victor? What is unusual about this sighting?

8. Where does Caroline first meet Elizabeth? Why does Caroline offer to take the child in?

9. What aspect of the creature did Victor forget to take into consideration while planning and executing his project?

10. Who sends Victor a letter in Chapter 6 that soothes him from his exhaustion and obsession?

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