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

2. What season was it when the creature begins traveling to his creator’s hometown?

3. In what city do Victor and his father stop on their journey from Ireland to Geneva?

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

5. What does Victor ask of Robert Walton as he finishes telling his story in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the creature came to live in a hovel attached to a cottage, what did he do with his days and nights?

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

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

4. Why did Safie come in search of Felix, as described in Chapter 14?

5. What happened to Safie’s traveling companion when they were just a short distance from the cottagers?

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the creature’s threats against Victor in Scotland. Why does the creature threaten Victor? How does Victor interpret these threats? Does the creature follow through on his threats? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe Victor’s second creature. Why does Victor create a second creature? How does he feel about this creation? Why does he destroy the second creature when it is near complete? What does this decision tell the reader about Victor as a creator?

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