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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 does Victor react upon finding Elizabeth’s lifeless body?

2. What spurred Victor on despite his frustration and despair when he learned that the creature had set out on the ice of the ocean?

3. Why didn’t the creature return to his hovel after his attempt to befriend the cottagers?

4. Who was Safie?

5. Why did the creature watch the cottagers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Victor see at the beginning of Chapter 20 that frightens him and determines him not to finish creating the creature’s companion?

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

3. Why does the creature think he might have a good chance of winning the affection of the cottagers if he approaches the father first?

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

5. 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?

6. What does the creature ask Victor to give to him in Chapter 17?

7. What happened the first time the creature came into a village full of people?

8. Who does Victor learn he has been accused of killing? Who does Victor think is the real murderer?

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

10. How does Victor explain his appearance on an ice flow in the middle of the Artic Sea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Elizabeth Lavenza. How did she come to live with the Frankensteins? What role does she play in the family? Why does she feel responsible for William Frankenstein’s murder? Why does she try to help William’s accused killer? Why does Elizabeth come to the conclusion that Victor is in love with someone else? How do these combined influences affect her actions?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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