Frankenstein Chapters 1-5

How do Elizabeth Lavenza and Victor Frankenstein meet in the original (1818) version of the text?

• they are brother and sister

• they are his best friends

• they are cousins

• they are not related

How do Elizabeth Lavenza and Victor Frankenstein meet in the revised (1831) version of the text?

• she is adopted by his mother

• she is a friend of the family

• she is his first cousin

• they never actually meet

What does Victor’s mother Caroline hope will happen to Elizabeth and Victor?

• they will make a scientific discovery

• they will fall in love and be married

• they will travel around the world

• they will redeem the family name

What subject influences Victor as a teenager?

• romantic poetry

• foreign language

• religious doctrine

• occult sciences

What major discovery drastically alters Victor’s understanding of the world?

• penicillin

• electricity

• the steam engine

• the telegraph

What happens to Victor’s mother right before he leaves for the university?

• she runs off on a long journey

• she falls in love and remarries

• she catches scarlet fever and dies

• she gives birth to another child

What is Victor secretly working on?

• a book about the nature of life

• building a human-like creature

• his mother's biography

• winning Elizabeth's affections

What happens when Victor brings his creation to life?

• he is terrified by its appearance

• he is amazed by his abilities

• he beams with pride

• he falls madly in love with it

What does Victor dream about after waking the creature?

• his creature taking over the world

• being awarded a medal of honor

• his mother's dead body

• marrying Elizabeth in a church

What does Victor’s friend Henry Clerval do for him?

• help Victor perfect creature

• take care of Victor during illness

• bring messages from Victor to Elizabeth

• help Victor write about anatomy and decay