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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Victor dream about in the hours after he first animates his creature?
(a) Childhood bliss.
(b) Of future success as a scientist.
(c) A dream of future horrors associated with his creature.
(d) A nightmare of Elizabeth.

2. To what does Victor say his friend, Henry, reintroduced him in the weeks after his illness?
(a) The skill of attending social affairs, such as balls and parties.
(b) The joys of nature.
(c) The skill of flirting with beautiful girls.
(d) The joys of fiction reading.

3. What does Victor claim was the first disaster of his life?
(a) William's death.
(b) Henry’s bout with the measles.
(c) Elizabeth’s bout with scarlet fever.
(d) His father's death.

4. Why is Justine on trial at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) She is accused of killing her mother.
(b) She is accused of killing William.
(c) She took money from the local merchant.
(d) She stole from the Frankenstein family.

5. What causes Victor to laugh uncontrollably as he welcomes Henry into his rooms?
(a) Joy at seeing his friend.
(b) A moment of mental confusion.
(c) The absence of the creature.
(d) Relief that he remembered to clean his dirty laundry.

6. What is the profession of Henry Clerval’s father?
(a) A master.
(b) An artist.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A public servant.

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

8. What does Victor tell Robert Walton that he feels a slave of?
(a) His passions.
(b) His wife.
(c) His profession.
(d) His creature.

9. To whom is Robert Walton writing letters in the Opening Letters?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His sister.

10. What was the first of his five senses the creature became aware of upon his awakening?
(a) Smell.
(b) Touch.
(c) Sound.
(d) Sight.

11. What does the creature want from Victor?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Money.
(c) A place to live.
(d) A new face.

12. Who eventually found William’s murdered body?
(a) The magistrate.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Vistor's father.
(d) Justine.

13. Where does Victor meet Henry Clerval?
(a) On the road to Geneva.
(b) Outside his rooms.
(c) At an inn where the diligences and carriages stop.
(d) At his school.

14. After William’s death, where was the locket found?
(a) At the sight of his murder.
(b) In a stranger's hotel room.
(c) In Justine's pocket.
(d) In William’s dresser drawer.

15. What religious beliefs caused Justine’s mother to call her daughter back home?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Roman Catholic.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color eye does Victor’s creature have?

2. What excuse does Victor give Henry for his poor appearance in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 8, who does Victor blame for all that has befallen his family in recent days?

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

5. How does Robert Walton come to meet Victor Frankenstein?

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