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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. How many days after being exposed to illness did Caroline become ill in Chapter 3?

2. To whom is Robert Walton writing letters in the Opening Letters?

3. What was Victor’s family was doing on the night William disappeared?

4. Why did Justine’s mother treat her badly, as reported by Elizabeth in Chapter 6?

5. Who promises to try to save Justine from her punishment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Victor fall into a depression in Chapter 9?

3. Who finds Victor after he flees his rooms? Why is this person concerned about Victor?

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

5. Who confesses to William’s murder? What significant discovery is made about this confession?

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

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

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

10. Why does Victor decide to take a trip to the Chamounix Valley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the point of view of this novel? Who is the narrator? How is the novel structured? How does the structure impact your comprehension of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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