Frankenstein p. 152-188

Frankenstein p. 152-188

Multiple Choice

After agreeing to make the female creature, Victor...

• travels to the Arctic

• Discusses his options with Elizabeth

• Isolates himself and focuses on studying

• Flees to Ingolstadt

Multiple Choice

Who sends Victor a letter asking him to marry Elizabeth ASAP?

• Elizabeth herself

• Alphonse Frankenstein (Victor's father)

• Henry Clerval

• Robert Walton

Open Ended

How does Victor feel about his father's request for him to marry Elizabeth so soon?

Volume III: Question 1

• “I found that I could not compose a female without again devoting several months to profound study and laborious disquisition” (155) -- needs to go into hermit mode again

• Mr. Frankenstein sends letter – wants Victor and Elizabeth to get married ASAP (156) -- incentive for Victor to finish female Creature, new start with E

• “I now also began to collect the materials necessary for my new creation, and this was to me like the torture of single drops of water continually falling on the head” (164)

• Victor meets up with Clerval and ignores the timeline of his creation – worried Creature will get angry (167)

Multiple Choice

Clerval reminds Victor of his younger self because Clerval...

• is happy to be alive and to be traveling through Europe.

• wants to travel to the Arctic.

• has no close friends besides Victor.

• is interested in the secrets of life and death.

Multiple Choice

What is Victor's excuse to his family and friends for wanting to travel through Europe?

• He wants to investigate a new plant he read about.

• He needs time to decide if he wants to marry Elizabeth.

• He is making another Creature.

• He needs to clear his head after the death of his brother.

Multiple Choice

The Creature sees Victor _____, which causes immense rage.

• spark the female Creature to life.

• destroy the female Creature.

• abandon Clerval.

• writing letters to Mr. Frankenstein.

Multiple Choice

Victor interprets the aforementioned threat to mean...

• the Creature will kidnap Elizabeth.

• the Creature will stop the wedding.

• Victor will die on the day of his wedding.

• the Creature will make the female companion himself.

Volume III: Question 2

• “I traversed the northern highlands, and fixed on one of the remotest of the Orkneys as the scene of my labours” (168) – northern island in Scotland

• Excuse for going – wants to pursue happiness after all of the melancholy recent events (158)

  • Henry Clerval accompanies him

  • Elizabeth arranged this

• They are to be married upon Victor’s return – keep him safe and sane

• Decides the Orkneys should be the site of the second Creature

• Victor thinks about the effects of the second Creature – destroys his progress in a fit of rage, Creature sees Victor as he destroys his mate (171)

• “I will be with you on your wedding night” (173) -- Creature’s threat/promise to Victor

Multiple Choice

Victor disposes of the female Creature...

• in the ocean.

• with a fire.

• in the North Pole.

• by burying her.

Open Ended

What happens when Victor's boat lands in Ireland?

Multiple Choice

Who comes to retrieve Victor from Ireland?

• Elizabeth

• His father

• The Creature

• Walton

Multiple Choice

Victor suffers from physical illness and ___ after Clerval's murder.

• violent dreams

• catatonic fits

• refreshing relief

• fainting spells

Volume III: Question 3

• Goes to dispose of the parts of the female Creature – rows a skiff into sea, casts basket into water, stays in the ocean, relaxed by lull of ocean 

• Thinks he will die at sea, but lands in Ireland: “it is the custom of the Irish to hate villains” (178) -- when he lands there, he is immediately accused of the murder of a young man, Victor identifies the body as Clerval 

• Victor calls himself Clerval’s murderer because the Creature was the one that did it – black marks from Creature’s hands (179)