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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Robert Walton come to meet Victor Frankenstein?
(a) They were childhood companions.
(b) Walton is Elizabeth's long lost brother.
(c) They went to school together.
(d) Walton and his ship’s crew rescue Victor from an ice flow.

2. Which of the following began Victor’s fascination with lightning and electricity?
(a) An electric storm that destroys a nearby tree.
(b) Benjamin Franklin’s scientific experiments.
(c) A storm that destroys the family home.
(d) Albert Einstein’s scientific breakthroughs.

3. Growing up, what did Henry desire to learn above all else?
(a) The secrets of heaven and earth.
(b) The law and codes of government.
(c) Language and science.
(d) The moral relations of things.

4. Where did Robert Walton hire the ship and crew for his trip?
(a) Dubai.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Archangel.
(d) Moscow.

5. Growing up, what did Victor desire to learn above all else?
(a) The law.
(b) The secrets of heaven and earth.
(c) Politics of various states.
(d) Languages and science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor tell Robert Walton that he feels a slave of?

2. From where is Robert Walton writing his first letter in Opening Letters?

3. Who was Beaufort?

4. To whom is Robert Walton writing letters in the Opening Letters?

5. What delays Robert Walton’s trip to the North Pole?

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