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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 did Victor’s father say when he saw Victor reading philosophy?

2. What word does Victor use to describe his creature in the first moments of its life?

3. Why is Justine on trial at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. Where did Victor’s parents spent the first days of their marriage?

5. How does the creature respond to Victor’s reaction to seeing him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which of the novel’s main themes does Robert Walton introduce in his letters to his sister?

2. Why is Robert Walton pleased when Victor Frankenstein is brought aboard ship?

3. What does Robert Walton claim the crew of his ship saw the day before picking up Victor? What is unusual about this sighting?

4. Why has the creature sought out Victor in Chapter 10?

5. Aside from the first few moments with Victor, what was the creature’s first experience with humans?

6. Why is Robert Walton in Russia, and what does he plan to do there?

7. Why does Victor decide to take a trip to the Chamounix Valley?

8. Why does Victor rush his journey home at the beginning of Chapter 7? What changes to cause him to delay his trip for a few days?

9. When Victor recovers from his illness and visits the school to make introductions, how does he feel about his familiar classrooms and his beloved philosophy studies?

10. Why is Caroline warned against nursing Elizabeth as she suffers scarlet fever?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Robert Walton? What is the significance of his letters? To whom is he writing? What is he writing about? How does he know Victor? What is the significance of his meeting with the creature?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Victor’s initial reaction to his creature. What causes Victor’s reaction after the creature is animated? What did Victor expect? What does Victor write in his journal about this initial sight that later infuriates the creature?

Essay Topic 3

How does Shelley express the theme of loneliness throughout the novel? Choose two scenes that express the theme and describe them here. What message is Shelley sending about the effects of loneliness through the character of the creature? Explain.

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