Frankenstein Review

The story itself is actually one long letter in a series of letters written by ___ to his sister, Margaret, as he journeyed to the North Pole.

• Robert Walton

• Victor Frankenstein

• Elizabeth Lavenza

• Justine Moritz

One thing the author immediately relates to the reader is the beauty, wonder, and mystery of the landscape that surrounds him. Which theme does this prepetually circle back to throughout the novel?

• The Imperfect Nature of Man

• The Dichotomy of Good and Evil

• Nature and Romance

• Nature and Perfection

His "cousin" is actually adopted into the family. The idea was for her to marry Victor when they both grew up. What is her name?

• Mary

• Justine

• Elizabeth

• None of these

Victor describes nature and perfect people as "divine" and "hidden beauties". This is prominent throughout the book. What literary device is used here?

• imagery

• irony

• figurative language

• word choice

This character can be regarded as Victor's only childhood friend.

Which branch of science did groundbreakers such as Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Albertus Magnus study? (These names were influential in Victor's early years.)

What was Victor's original goal when he took up the the study of natural philosophy?

• To become a great doctor and save his family from early deaths, like his mother

• To recreate a living human being from dead body parts

• To banish death and disease from humanity

• To win the Nobel Peace Prize

Which of the following could be considered the initiating event which causes Victor's thoughts to ponder life vs death?

• lightning striking a tree

• the awakening of his creation

• the death of Elizabeth

• the death of his mother

How could you best summarize Victor's early years?

• Cheerful and full of friends and family

• Lonely and filled with questions about the workings of nature

• Lonely and perpetually surrounded by death

• None of these

Which of the following phrases would best describe Victor's isolationism?

• I seem to have lost all soul and sensation

• Under the stairs... This is where I kept my workshop of filthy creation

• The dissection room and the slaughterhouse furnished many of my materials

• All of these