MARY SHELLEY

Gothic novels were...

• macabre novels set in wild landscapes, ruins and haunted castles.

• novels written by the barbaric Goths.

• romances with witches, monsters and magicians.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein may be read as a warning about...

• the idea that positivism can explain everything.

• the dangers of interfering with the natural order of things.

• the use of dead bodies to create the perfect creature.

Mary Shelley was the daughter of William a ............................................ and b ............................................ Wollstonecraft

• a Goldwin; b Mary

• a Godwin; b Mary

• a Gouldwin; b Marie

• a Gauldwin; Mary

At the age of

............................................, Mary ............................................ with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

• 17; married

• 18; run away

• 19; married

• 16; run away

Percy Bysshe Shelley died when Mary was only

............................................

• 22

• 23

• 24

• 25

She died in..........

• 1850

• 1851

• 1852

• 1853

She wrote her masterpiece frankenstein in

• 1816

• 1817

• 1818

• 1819

Mary Shelley conceived the idea of writing Frankenstein in

• Italy

• Switzerland

• England

• Scotland

Frankenstein can be regarded as a Gothic novel.

• true

• false

It was first published under Lord Byron’s name.

• true

• false