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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. Why did the creature watch the cottagers?
2. Why do Henry and Victor decide to visit Edinburgh?
3. Why did the creature only travel at night?
4. How does the creature attempt to convince Victor to complete his job on the intended companion?
5. Why did Felix decide to leave the cottage in Chapter 16?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Safie come in search of Felix, as described in Chapter 14?
2. Why does Victor leave his travel companion in Scotland to take a small cottage on a remote island?
3. Why were the cottagers exiled to Germany?
4. Why does Victor travel to England in Chapter 18? Who travels with him?
5. Why did Safie’s father offer Felix her hand in marriage and then take her to Turkey?
6. Who or what does the creature say he initially blamed for his unhappiness? What does the creature finally realize is the true cause of his unhappiness?
7. Who does Victor learn he has been accused of killing? Who does Victor think is the real murderer?
8. 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?
9. Who does Victor try to enlist to help him find and exact his revenge on the creature?
10. How does the creature respond when he learns that the cottagers plan to move because of their encounter with him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of loneliness. Why does the creature blame his malicious and murderous actions on loneliness? What does the creature think will cure his loneliness? What other ways might the creature have found to alleviate his loneliness? What is the creature realize is the cause of his loneliness?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Victor Frankenstein’s character motivations. Why does Shelley describe Victor’s childhood in such detail at the beginning of the book? How does this history inform his motivation? What impact does this knowledge have on the reader’s understanding of Victor’s motivations in creating his creature?
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