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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 does Victor say he will not create a second creature?
2. Where did the creature come across Justine Moritz?
3. What does the creature promise he will do when Victor gives him a companion?
4. What stories of “gentle and domestic manners” did the creature find fascinating?
5. From whom does Victor get a letter after he destroys the new creature?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Victor explain his appearance on an ice flow in the middle of the Artic Sea?
2. Why did Safie come in search of Felix, as described in Chapter 14?
3. What barrier is there initially between the new arrival and the cottagers?
4. 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?
5. Why did Safie’s father offer Felix her hand in marriage and then take her to Turkey?
6. What happened the first time the creature came into a village full of people?
7. Who does Victor see in his honeymoon suite when he returns after searching for his wife’s killer?
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. What does the creature ask Victor to give to him in Chapter 17?
10. Why does Victor leave his travel companion in Scotland to take a small cottage on a remote island?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
Discuss Elizabeth Lavenza’s murder. Why is Elizabeth murdered? How is she murdered? How does Victor react to Elizabeth’s murder? What comparisons can be found in Elizabeth’s murder and Victor’s destruction of his second creature?
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