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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 religion was Safie’s mother?

3. Why did Victor rush home as soon as possible after the death of Elizabeth?

4. Why did Felix return to his hometown after helping Safie’s father escape from prison?

5. Why did the creature only travel at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Victor see in his honeymoon suite when he returns after searching for his wife’s killer?

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

3. How do Agatha and Safie respond to the creature when they find him speaking with Mr. DeLacey?

4. How does Victor feel about the companion creature he is creating?

5. Why is Victor’s rescue ship forced to turn south? How does Victor react to this decision?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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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