View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Victor receive a letter in the days before he and his father plan to continue their journey home?

2. What does Henry hope to do while in London?

3. By what name did the creature refer to Safie in Chapter 13?

4. What doubts does Victor begin to have about creating a second creature?

5. How does Victor react upon finding Elizabeth’s lifeless body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Victor leave his travel companion in Scotland to take a small cottage on a remote island?

2. What caused the creature to begin to wonder about his own origins?

3. What does the creature ask Victor to give to him in Chapter 17?

4. Why does the creature think he might have a good chance of winning the affection of the cottagers if he approaches the father first?

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

6. Why does the creature attempt to kidnap William in Chapter 16?

7. In Chapter 20, what threat does the creature make against Victor?

8. What barrier is there initially between the new arrival and the cottagers?

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

10. What happened to Safie’s traveling companion when they were just a short distance from the cottagers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Elizabeth Lavenza. How did she come to live with the Frankensteins? What role does she play in the family? Why does she feel responsible for William Frankenstein’s murder? Why does she try to help William’s accused killer? Why does Elizabeth come to the conclusion that Victor is in love with someone else? How do these combined influences affect her actions?

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 825 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample