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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. To whom is Robert Walton writing letters in the Opening Letters?
2. What does Victor dream about in the hours after he first animates his creature?
3. What religious beliefs caused Justine’s mother to call her daughter back home?
4. What does Victor spend the first few days doing when he arrives in the Chamounix Valley?
5. What does Victor say in the final pages of Chapter 3 decided his future for him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Victor decide to take a trip to the Chamounix Valley?
2. Why is Robert Walton pleased when Victor Frankenstein is brought aboard ship?
3. How does Victor treat the creature when it approaches him in Chapter 10?
4. Why does Victor fall into a depression in Chapter 9?
5. Where is the creature when Victor takes his friend back to his rooms in Chapter 5? How does Victor feel about this?
6. Why does Victor flee his rooms in Chapter 5?
7. What aspect of the creature did Victor forget to take into consideration while planning and executing his project?
8. What is thought to be the motive for William’s murder? Why?
9. What influenced Victor to begin reading philosophy as a teen?
10. Why is Robert Walton in Russia, and what does he plan to do there?
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
What is the historical significance of this novel? In what ways does Shelley evoke a historical setting through her writing? How has this novel influenced modern writers? In what other ways has the story withstood the test of time?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the creature’s threats against Victor in Scotland. Why does the creature threaten Victor? How does Victor interpret these threats? Does the creature follow through on his threats? Why or why not?
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