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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Victor, what must one study if they want to examine the causes of life?
2. What is Elizabeth’s first concern addressed in her letter to Victor in Chapter 6?
3. Where did Victor’s parents spent the first days of their marriage?
4. What does Victor dream about in the hours after he first animates his creature?
5. Who was M. Krempe?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Caroline present Elizabeth to young Victor in Chapter 1? How does Victor respond?
2. Why is Caroline warned against nursing Elizabeth as she suffers scarlet fever?
3. Why has the creature sought out Victor in Chapter 10?
4. Who encourages Victor to continue in his study of philosophy? To what does this lead?
5. Where is the creature when Victor takes his friend back to his rooms in Chapter 5? How does Victor feel about this?
6. What does Robert Walton claim the crew of his ship saw the day before picking up Victor? What is unusual about this sighting?
7. Aside from the first few moments with Victor, what was the creature’s first experience with humans?
8. Why is Robert Walton pleased when Victor Frankenstein is brought aboard ship?
9. Which of the novel’s main themes does Robert Walton introduce in his letters to his sister?
10. What aspect of the creature did Victor forget to take into consideration while planning and executing his project?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss two important relationships in the novel and their impact on the motivations and actions of each of the characters involved.
a. Victor has a close relationship with his mother at the beginning of the novel. What impact does Caroline Frankenstein have on her son’s growth and maturity? How does Caroline’s actions within the community impact her son’s morality? How does Caroline’s decision to take in two orphaned girls impact her biological children? How does Caroline’s death affect Victor’s s future and actions?
b. Discuss the relationship between Victor and Henry Clerval. How did they meet? How does their childhood friendship affect them in adulthood? Why doesn’t Victor tell Henry the truth about the creature? How does Henry’s death impact Victor, both as a friend and as the accused killer? Why was Henry killed?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Victor’s second creature. Why does Victor create a second creature? How does he feel about this creation? Why does he destroy the second creature when it is near complete? What does this decision tell the reader about Victor as a creator?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Victor’s initial reaction to his creature. What causes Victor’s reaction after the creature is animated? What did Victor expect? What does Victor write in his journal about this initial sight that later infuriates the creature?
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