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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. How did the creature address Justine Moritz when he met her?
2. What did the young girl do for her father every day that puzzled the creature?
3. What spurred Victor on despite his frustration and despair when he learned that the creature had set out on the ice of the ocean?
4. Besides money, what does Victor take with him when he leaves Geneva?
5. What city do Victor and Henry visit after London?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 22, Victor is given a letter from Elizabeth that expresses her doubts in their relationship. What is the nature of these doubts and where do they come from?
2. Who does Victor see in his honeymoon suite when he returns after searching for his wife’s killer?
3. What happened to Safie’s traveling companion when they were just a short distance from the cottagers?
4. Why were the cottagers exiled to Germany?
5. Why did Safie come in search of Felix, as described in Chapter 14?
6. When the creature came to live in a hovel attached to a cottage, what did he do with his days and nights?
7. How does Victor feel about the companion creature he is creating?
8. What changes in the lives of the cottagers in Chapter 13?
9. Why does Elizabeth console Victor as they travel to the inn at Evian on their wedding night?
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
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 2
Discuss the reactions of people to the sight of the creature. Why are people frightened of the creature? How do they respond to him? How does the creature feel about the way people react to him? What might the creature do to change the way people treat him?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the creature’s motivations in killing William Frankenstein. How does the creature come to meet William? Why does he try to kidnap him? What causes the creature to kill William? What does he do afterward? What does this tell the reader about his character?
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