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Frankenstein Bio & Background Quiz

Authored by Cheryl Zorcik

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 6+ times

Frankenstein Bio & Background Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

Mary's mother Mary Wollstonecraft is notable because she was a famous ___.

Romantic poet

feminist writer

serial killer

literature professor

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

Mary Shelley was educated ___.

informally at home

by her mother

at an exclusive private school

at a local public school

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

Mary's marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley was controversial because she was a teen, "the other woman," and ___.

previously divorced

homeless

pregnant

already a famous author

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

Mary was prompted to write Frankenstein because ___.

Lord Byron had proposed that they all write scary ghost stories

Mary had always wanted to write a science fiction novel

Percy made a bet with her that she couldn't write a novel

Mary wanted to become a rich, famous novelist

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

The idea of reanimating a corpse came to Mary via a ___.

newspaper article

novel she read

dream she had

movie she watched

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

What was unusual about the circumstance of the first publication of Frankenstein in 1818?

People thought Shakespeare wrote it.

It sold a million copies in 6 months.

People thought that Percy wrote it.

No one like the novel at all.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 2 pts

In Paradise Lost, which character can the reader draw parallels to the Creature because both characters were cast out?

Adam

God

Eve

Satan

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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