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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 did knowledge make the creature aware of in Chapter 13?

2. Who is Mr. Kirwin?

3. How does Victor feel about his trip to London?

4. How long did it take Victor to tell his tale?

5. Why didn’t Safie wish to return to Turkey with her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Victor’s father encourage him to set a date for his wedding to Elizabeth?

2. Why does Victor travel to England in Chapter 18? Who travels with him?

3. Why does Victor leave his travel companion in Scotland to take a small cottage on a remote island?

4. Why is Victor’s rescue ship forced to turn south? How does Victor react to this decision?

5. What does the creature find in the clothing he took from Frankenstein that alerts him to the way in which he came to life? How does this make him feel?

6. In Chapter 20, what threat does the creature make against Victor?

7. Why did Safie’s father offer Felix her hand in marriage and then take her to Turkey?

8. Who does Victor try to enlist to help him find and exact his revenge on the creature?

9. Who does Victor see in his honeymoon suite when he returns after searching for his wife’s killer?

10. Why has the creature come to grieve his creator? What does the creature plan to do now that Victor is dead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of loneliness. Why does the creature blame his malicious and murderous actions on loneliness? What does the creature think will cure his loneliness? What other ways might the creature have found to alleviate his loneliness? What is the creature realize is the cause of his loneliness?

Essay Topic 2

Acquiring knowledge is an important element of the plot of this novel. Discuss two aspects of this theme.

a. Victor discovers philosophy as a young man. Why does Victor choose philosophy as his major theme of study? What philosophers does Victor study? What is the academic reaction to Victor’s studies? How does Victor’s study of philosophy affect his science?

b. When the creature leaves Victor, he finds himself in a world he knows nothing about with a body he is unsure how to use. How does the creature learn to care for his needs? What does the creature discover about himself and his place in society? What academic knowledge does the creature gain after leaving Victor? How? How does this knowledge change the creature’s view of the world?

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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