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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. What does the creature want from Victor?

2. What religious beliefs caused Justine’s mother to call her daughter back home?

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

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

5. After his mother’s death, what was one of the reasons why Victor delayed his departure to university?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Victor flee his rooms in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the creature remember of the first few hours of his life?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Robert Walton? What is the significance of his letters? To whom is he writing? What is he writing about? How does he know Victor? What is the significance of his meeting with the creature?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss two of the major themes of the novel.

a. Loneliness is an important theme in the creature’s life. Why does the creature feel lonely? What does the creature blame his loneliness on? Are his assertions reasonable or is the creature making excuses? What other characters feel loneliness? How does loneliness impact the actions of these lonely characters? How do the characters compare or contrast in their loneliness?

b. Nature versus nurture is another theme in the novel. Define each term and explain how they relate to the creature’s existence. How might Victor’s involvement in the creature’s life, or a sense of nurture, affected the novel’s events? What might these two characters have learned from one another through a nurturing relationship? Explain.

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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