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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. Does Victor believe Justine is guilty of her crime?
(a) He does not believe her capable of the crime, but wonders if she might have offered assistance to the true criminal.
(b) Yes - she is the true criminal.
(c) He is keeping an open mind until all the evidence is presented.
(d) No – she had nothing to do with it.

2. Why did Justine’s mother treat her badly, as reported by Elizabeth in Chapter 6?
(a) She was a difficult, undisciplined child.
(b) She was adopted and therefore not as important to the mother as her biological children.
(c) Her mother did not like her.
(d) She was lazy.

3. According to Victor, what must one study if they want to examine the causes of life?
(a) Biology.
(b) Recourse to death.
(c) The biology of birth.
(d) The cause of death.

4. What was the first of his five senses the creature became aware of upon his awakening?
(a) Sight.
(b) Smell.
(c) Sound.
(d) Touch.

5. After Justine’s death, how much time passes before Victor takes a trip to improve his mood?
(a) Two months.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Victor’s parents spent the first days of their marriage?

2. Where did the creature take refuge after being forced out of the village?

3. How does Robert Walton come to meet Victor Frankenstein?

4. What color eye does Victor’s creature have?

5. Who eventually found William’s murdered body?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Who encourages Victor to continue in his study of philosophy? To what does this lead?

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

6. How does Victor treat the creature when it approaches him in Chapter 10?

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

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

9. Where is the creature when Victor takes his friend back to his rooms in Chapter 5? How does Victor feel about this?

10. What does Victor see when he views the place where his brother’s body was found?

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