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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 chore did the creature do for the cottagers in the hopes of winning them over?
2. Why does Victor decide to leave Geneva forever?
3. What does the creature tell Robert Walton he desired the most from life?
4. Why did the creature watch the cottagers?
5. Why did Victor’s attempts to find the creature grew more and more strenuous?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Victor travel to England in Chapter 18? Who travels with him?
2. What happened to Safie’s traveling companion when they were just a short distance from the cottagers?
3. Why does Victor leave his travel companion in Scotland to take a small cottage on a remote island?
4. How does Victor explain his appearance on an ice flow in the middle of the Artic Sea?
5. What changes in the lives of the cottagers in Chapter 13?
6. 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?
7. How does the creature respond when he learns that the cottagers plan to move because of their encounter with him?
8. Why does the creature attempt to kidnap William in Chapter 16?
9. Who does Victor learn he has been accused of killing? Who does Victor think is the real murderer?
10. What does Victor see at the beginning of Chapter 20 that frightens him and determines him not to finish creating the creature’s companion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What is the point of view of this novel? Who is the narrator? How is the novel structured? How does the structure impact your comprehension of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss two important relationships in the novel and their impact on the motivations and actions of each of the characters involved.
a. Victor has a close relationship with his mother at the beginning of the novel. What impact does Caroline Frankenstein have on her son’s growth and maturity? How does Caroline’s actions within the community impact her son’s morality? How does Caroline’s decision to take in two orphaned girls impact her biological children? How does Caroline’s death affect Victor’s s future and actions?
b. Discuss the relationship between Victor and Henry Clerval. How did they meet? How does their childhood friendship affect them in adulthood? Why doesn’t Victor tell Henry the truth about the creature? How does Henry’s death impact Victor, both as a friend and as the accused killer? Why was Henry killed?
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