Understand the Impact of an Author's Choices

Which statement best describes Mary Shelley as a child?

• Shelley spent much of her time daydreaming while playing outdoors.

• Shelley passed many hours conversing with the adults her parents entertained in their home.

• Shelley passed much of her time in the house alone since she was a sickly child.

• Shelley spent a lot of time writing stories in which she was the heroine.

According to the introduction, Mary Shelley wanted to write what type of ghost story?

• One that preyed on people's fear of sea creatures

• One that concluded unpredictably

• One that evoked the unspoken fears of humans

• One that involved a tragic heroine

According to the introduction, Mary Shelley wanted to write what type of ghost story?

• A story that the church would criticize for its demonic theme

  
  

• A story that turned the modern world into a monstrous world

• A story set in the future that focused on futuristic problems

• A story that awakened horror in the reader

How did the Romantic movement contrast with the dominant way of thinking during the 18th and 19th centuries?

• Most people of the 18th and 19th centuries thought living a simple life was important, while the Romantics believed in living in luxury and extravagance.

• Most people of the 18th and 19th centuries believed that creativity was the way to happiness, but the Romantics believed that passion brought happiness.

• Most people of the 18th and 19th centuries were more scientifically minded, while the Romantics were more emotionally focused.

• Most people of the 18th and 19th centuries considered a person's thoughts to be most important, but the Romantics focused on their actions.

How are Romantic and Gothic literature related?

• Romantic literature is about the horrors connected with passionate love, while Gothic literature involves stories filled with blood and gore.

• Romantic literature is centered around everyday life, and Gothic literature turns ordinary events into terrifying ones.

• Romantic literature focuses on criticizing negative energy, and Gothic literature seeks to expose the sinister life of madmen.

• Romantic literature emphasizes feelings, and Gothic literature evokes an enjoyable feeling of terror.

How did the scientific revolution contrast with the ideas of the Gothic genre?

• The Gothic genre focused on supernatural ideas, while the scientific revolution centered on logical ideas.

• The Gothic genre highlighted the idea of an inherent goodness in people, while the scientific revolution consistently exposed the evil in people.

• The Gothic genre emphasized the ideas of controlled science, while the scientific revolution promoted the ideas of science as godlike.

• The Gothic genre encouraged people to see science as antagonistic, while the scientific revolution motivated people to see science as a benefit.

Why did people distrust doctors during the 18th and 19th centuries?

• Doctors were required to complete the same amount of schooling as merchants.

• Doctors needed no legal documentation to prove they were doctors.

• Doctors were controlled directly by the government.

• Doctors followed the scientific method.

Why did people distrust doctors during the 18th and 19th centuries?

• Governments benefited financially from doctors' practices.

• Educational institutions did not offer degrees in the medical field.

• Anyone could say they were a doctor, even if they had no training.

• People were suspicious of the scientific method, so they were scared of doctors' methods.

Why did people distrust doctors during the 18th and 19th centuries?

• Doctors obtained degrees from public universities, not private ones.

• Doctors bribed government officials to give false credentials.

• Doctors often performed medical procedures on stolen corpses.

• Doctors followed a complex framework that the public did not understand.

Which important event occurred during the Industrial and scientific revolutions?

• The discovery of the polio vaccine

• The invention of the process of pasteurization

• The ratification of the medical amendment

• The outlawing of the medical use of vivisection