Frankenstein Chapter 12

Which two quotes best support the idea that the narrator lives outside normal society?

• "The young man and his companion often went apart and appeared to weep."

• "If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched."

• "I was at first unable to solve these questions, but perpetual attention and time explained to me many appearance which were at first enigmatic."

• "I cannot describe the delight I felt when I learned the ideas appropriated to each of these sounds and was able to pronounce them."

• "I could mention innumerable instances which, although slight, marked the dispositions of these amiable cottagers."

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read this sentence from paragraph 4

"I was at first unable to answer these questions, but perpetual attention and time explained to me many appearances which were at fist enigmatic."

What does enigmatic mean as it is used in the paragraph?

• admirable

• constant

• depressing

• mysterious

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Part A: In the passage, the narrator shows that he is ________

• very critical of others

• well-meaning

• dreamy and self-absorbed

• untrustworthy

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Part B: In the passage, the narrator supports he is (the answer in part A) when he says ______

• "What chiefly struck me was the gently manners of these people, and I longed to join them, but dared not."

• "I remembered too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers..."

• "I discovered also another means through which I was enabled to assist their labors."

• "He was always the saddest of the group, even to my unpracticed senses, he appeared to have suffered more deeply than his friends."

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Part A: Which of the following is an important theme in the passage?

• hard work leads to success

• money buys happiness

• love endures despite family hardship

• life well lived is the best revenge

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Part B: Which quote from the passage supports the answer in Part A?

• "The young man was constantly employed out of doors, and the girl is various laborious occupations within."

• "They possessed a delightful house (for such it was in my eyes) and every luxury; they had a fire to warm them when chill and delicious viands when hungry; they were dressed in excellent clothes..."

• "In the midst of poverty and want, Felix carried with pleasure to his sister the first little white flower that peeped out from beneath the snowy ground."

• "In the day, I believe, he worked sometimes for a neighboring farmer, because he often went forth and did not return until dinner, yet brought no wood with him."

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Read the sentence from paragraph 9

"This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it."

What does the word ardently mean as it is used in the sentence?

• Passionately

• enviously

• miserably

• faithfully

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which quote from the passage shows how the father symbolizes the theme of the story?

• "I perceived that the words they spoke sometimes produced pleasure or pain, smiles or sadness, in the minds and countenance of the hearers."

• "He would talk in a cheerful accent, with an expression of goodness that bestowed pleasure even upon me."

• "He was always the saddest of the group, and even to my unpracticed sense, he appeared to have suffered more deeply than his friends."

• "I could mention innumerable instances in which, although slight, marked the dispositions of these amiable cottagers."

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Select three sentences that belong in an objective summary of this excerpt.

• The narrator stays hidden all winter and learns to like the family he is watching.

• The narrator listens to the family until he learns how to speak like them.

• The cow does not supply enough milk for the three people living in the cottage.

• He steals food from the family until he realizes they are poor. He tries to help by secretly providing food and firewood.

• The narrator sees that the young man, Felix, works long hours and seems sad.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Select the two pieces of evidence from paragraph 5 that best show that the narrator feels pity for the family.

• ...they suffered that evil in a very distressing degree.

• Their nourishment consisted entirely of the vegetables of their garden and the milk of one cow, which gave very little during the winter...

• They often, I believe, suffered the pangs of hunger very poignantly...

• especially the two younger cottagers...

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1