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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 subject did Henry’s father tell him repeatedly he could make good money without knowing?

2. What does Victor claim was the first disaster of his life?

3. Who eventually found William’s murdered body?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Robert Walton pleased when Victor Frankenstein is brought aboard ship?

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

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

4. What does Robert Walton claim the crew of his ship saw the day before picking up Victor? What is unusual about this sighting?

5. Why does Victor’s father pursue his old family friend? How does this situation end?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reactions of people to the sight of the creature. Why are people frightened of the creature? How do they respond to him? How does the creature feel about the way people react to him? What might the creature do to change the way people treat him?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Victor’s relationship with Henry Clerval. How did the two meet? How does Henry come to Victor’s rescue the morning after the creature’s animation? Why does Henry travel with Victor to London? What impact does Henry’s murder have on Victor, both as a friend and as the accused killer?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the creature and Victor. Victor says in the beginning that he made the creature in his own image. What does he mean by this? How are they alike? How are they different? Why does Victor abandon his creation? What does this say about Victor’s relationship with himself? Why does the creature continuously seek out his creator only to torture him?

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