Frankenstein Act 1 Excerpt C Quiz

Elizabeth: His father’s very ill. His mother is dead; there’s only his father and me and his little brother, and when his father fell ill I wrote to Victor and told him, but he never answered my letters. I didn’t know what else to do.

 

Why did Frankenstein not reply Elizabeth's letters?

• He was preoccupied with his own troubles and guilt.
• He was too focussed with his scientific experiments to pay any attention

• He didn't receive the letters at all.
• He was angry with Elizabeth for some reason.

Why did Elizabeth come looking for Frankenstein?

• She wanted to tell him about his father's death in person

• He did not reply any of her letters so she felt a face to face meeting was her last resort

• She wanted to inform him of his father's ailing condition to urge him to return home quickly

• She desperately needed him to return home to visit his sick father

What can you gather about Elizabeth's character based on this passage?

• Loving towards family

• Determined

• Firm and assertive

• Meek

Elizabeth: Monsieur de Clerval, is he in trouble?

What does the above question suggest about Elizabeth's emotion？

• Worried about Frankenstein's father

• Fearful that Clerval was in trouble

• Anxious about Frankenstein's well being and safety

• Afraid that Frankenstein was steeped in debt

Elizabeth: Something’s not right. I’m worried. I have such dreams … I see Victor in them, and there’s something horrible pursuing him – or is he pursuing it? But there’s such a sense of doom and despair … I’m sorry. I shouldn’t be telling you this. Where is Victor now? 

What is the significance of Elizabeth's nightmares?

• Foreshadowing device

• Omen

• Creates a sense of ominous foreboding

• Hints at Frankenstein's eventual fate in the play

• Highlights her unstable mental state

Elizabeth: But Victor—what’s the matter with you? I’ve come all the way from home, I’m tired and cold, I haven’t seen you for six months – you haven’t even asked me why I’m here.

Which emotions are Elizabeth experiencing here?

• Bewilderment

• Frustration

• Anxiety

• Fear

Elizabeth: It’s an affliction of the lungs. I wrote to you a month ago, when it first came on, and again a fortnight later, and again last week. What are you doing, Victor? Why don’t you answer my letters? You haven’t even read them! If you want to see your father alive, you’d better come home tomorrow.

Which details above highlight Elizabeth's frustration with Frankenstein?

• Why don't you answer my letters?

• You haven't even read them!

• I wrote to you a month ago, when it first came on, and again a fortnight later, and again last week.

• If you want to see your father alive

• What are you doing, Victor?

Elizabeth: It’s an affliction of the lungs. I wrote to you a month ago, when it first came on, and again a fortnight later, and again last week. What are you doing, Victor? Why don’t you answer my letters? You haven’t even read them! If you want to see your father alive, you’d better come home tomorrow.

Which devices highlight Elizabeth's frustration with Frankenstein?

• The repetition of the word "again"

• Repeated questions asked in succession, as though interrogating him

• Exclamation at the fact he did not read the letters

• Imperative/

  command for him to go home

Elizabeth: But what? What’s more important than that? To him, I mean, I can see there’s plenty more important to you. A son who doesn’t come when his father’s dying … oh, you make me ill. Now I’m going to the inn to find something to eat and go to bed. I’m very tired.

Which emotions are Elizabeth experiencing here?

• Bafflement

• Disgust

• Horror

• Resignation

Elizabeth: But what? What’s more important than that? To him, I mean, I can see there’s plenty more important to you. A son who doesn’t come when his father’s dying … oh, you make me ill. Now I’m going to the inn to find something to eat and go to bed. I’m very tired.

What devices are used above?

• Rhetorical Question

• Repetition

• Simile

• Hyperbole