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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. Where did Victor’s parents spent the first days of their marriage?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

2. How long did Victor spend at school without a single visit home because of his devotion to his studies?
(a) Three years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

3. By what name does Victor refer to his creature when he catches sight of it in a lightning storm?
(a) Beast.
(b) Ogre.
(c) Demon.
(d) Troll.

4. Where does Victor meet Henry Clerval?
(a) Outside his rooms.
(b) At his school.
(c) On the road to Geneva.
(d) At an inn where the diligences and carriages stop.

5. What does Victor claim was the first disaster of his life?
(a) Elizabeth’s bout with scarlet fever.
(b) William's death.
(c) Henry’s bout with the measles.
(d) His father's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks up passionately for Justine in court?

2. According to Victor, what must one study if they want to examine the causes of life?

3. What sight helps Victor recover from his fever at the end of Chapter 5?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Aside from the first few moments with Victor, what was the creature’s first experience with humans?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Robert Walton in Russia, and what does he plan to do there?

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

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