Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

What is the subtitle that Mary Shelley gave this novel?

• Or, The Modern Gothic

• Or, The Modern Prometheus

• Or, The Modern Horror

• Or, A Modern Tale

What parallel exists between Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein?

• They both wish to create life.

• They are both sailors.

• They are both in quest of knowledge.

• They went to the same school.

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At the beginning of the novel, the explorer Robert Walton relates how he encountered Victor Frankenstein in the Arctic. Frankenstein then tells Walton the main narrative. Which literary technique does this demonstrate?

• love story

• gothic story

• box story

• frame story

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______is defined as a story within a story.

• structure story

• frame story

• back story

• narrative story

Which literary element is expressed in the following statement? One of the ideas conveyed in Frankenstein is that human beings need human companionship.

• theme

• allusion

• irony

• suspense

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What three books make a powerful impression on the monster?

• The Odyssey

• Sorrows of Werter

• Plutarch’s Lives

• Paradise Lost

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_________ is defined as any struggle between opposing forces.

• flashback

• conflict

• argument

• purpose

Why did the monster kill William?

• because William said he was a Frankenstein
• he was being too loud
• William called the monster names 
• because the creature hated children

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What does the monster demand that Victor do?

• give him money
• make him a mate
• forgive him for killing William
• make the monster attractive

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What book does the monster seem most drawn to?

• Homer's Odyssey
• Paradise Lost
• Plutarch's Lives
• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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