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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 Henry hope to do while in London?

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

3. Where does Victor get his first sighting of the creature after leaving Geneva?

4. From what source did Victor often gain strength during his long search for the creature?

5. From whom does Victor get a letter after he destroys the new creature?

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

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

4. Why does Victor send Elizabeth to their room alone on their wedding night?

5. What fear remains with Victor as his wedding day draws closer?

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

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

8. What caused the creature to begin to wonder about his own origins?

9. Why were the cottagers exiled to Germany?

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

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

Where is the novel set? What impact does the setting have on your interpretation of the plot and its conflicts? How does the setting influence the themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Victor’s relationship with Elizabeth Lavenza. What is the nature of this relationship? Why does Caroline want her son to marry Elizabeth one day? How does Victor feel about this? How does this relationship influence Victor’s actions throughout the novel?

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