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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. In what month does Victor first see the white cliffs of Britain?
2. Why did the creature take the locket around William’s neck?
3. Where does Victor get his first sighting of the creature after leaving Geneva?
4. How does Victor react upon finding Elizabeth’s lifeless body?
5. Why does the creature claim he is “malicious”?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Who does Victor learn he has been accused of killing? Who does Victor think is the real murderer?
3. What changes in the lives of the cottagers in Chapter 13?
4. Why does Elizabeth console Victor as they travel to the inn at Evian on their wedding night?
5. Who does Victor see in his honeymoon suite when he returns after searching for his wife’s killer?
6. Who or what does the creature say he initially blamed for his unhappiness? What does the creature finally realize is the true cause of his unhappiness?
7. Why does Victor’s father encourage him to set a date for his wedding to Elizabeth?
8. What caused the creature to begin to wonder about his own origins?
9. How does Victor feel about the companion creature he is creating?
10. In Chapter 20, what threat does the creature make against Victor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss Victor Frankenstein’s character motivations. Why does Shelley describe Victor’s childhood in such detail at the beginning of the book? How does this history inform his motivation? What impact does this knowledge have on the reader’s understanding of Victor’s motivations in creating his creature?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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