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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 does the creature tell Victor he will do to make sure he keeps his promise?

2. What did the creature read in Frankenstein’s papers that leaves him hating his creator?

3. How did the creature address Justine Moritz when he met her?

4. In what month does Victor first see the white cliffs of Britain?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the creature attempt to kidnap William in Chapter 16?

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

3. Why does Elizabeth console Victor as they travel to the inn at Evian on their wedding night?

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

5. What changes in the lives of the cottagers in Chapter 13?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters in the novel and describe their feelings of guilt. How do they express their guilt? For what reasons do they feel guilty? How does their guilt influence their actions and emotions?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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