Frankenstein Reading Comprehension

What natural event sparks significant intrigue in the scientific mind of Victor Frankenstein?

• Earthquake that strikes Victor's hometown
• Lightening strike that burns and slices a tree in half
• Tsunami-like wave, which floods Victor's hometown
• Hail-storm that damages Victor's hometown

How does the second professor Victor meets, M. Waldman, respond to Victor's interests in ancient philosophers and scientists?

• He is rude and dismissive toward Victor, claiming that his entire childhood education was a waste.
• He is excited to have found a student who believes in the same ancient science as him.
• He claims that those scientists are outdated but still useful and encourges Victor to continue/hone his studies.
• He is frightened of Victor and his mad and borderline evil ideas.

What is Victor's relationship like with his family during his two-year tenure at school?

• He is in constant communication with Elizabeth and Henry, being lonely at school.
• He has hardly no communication with them, being caught up in his science studies.
• He is in direct conflict with his father, who disagrees with his approach to science.
• He returns home frequently to care for his family after his mother dies.

With what specific aspect of science does Victor become obsessed while at school?

• Relationship between science and morality
• Relationship between science and religion
• The ability to bring inanimate (or dead) objects back to life
• Genetics

What was Victor's 'present' earlier in the book?

• A microscope

• Elizabeth

• A trip to Naples

• A trip to Ingolstadt

What initially kept Victor from leaving for college?

• His mom died
• His mom caught scarlet fever
• Elizabeth died
• Elizabeth caught scarlet fever

What was Caroline's dying wish?

• A union of Vic and Elizabeth
• Victor go to college at Ingolstadt
• To be buried next to her husband
• Victor publish his journal

Victor Frankenstein's mother, Caroline...

• Is a scientist
• Is a former community leader who married her best friend's son
• Is evil, in contrast to her kind husband
• Dies, as a result of her daughter's illness

How is Henry Clerval, Victor's best friend, most accurately characterized?

• Highly intelligent, nerdy, interested in modern-day chemistry and biology
• Chivalrous and kind, interested in heroes, legends, and the study of morality
• Cynical, evil, a frequent "mad" scientist who experiments on animals, dead and alive
• Sad, woeful, someone Victor loves but also pities greatly

Victor Frankenstein's father, Alphonse...

• Is a scientist
• Is a former community leader who married his best friend's daughter
• Is evil, in contrast to his kind wife
• Dies, as a result of his daughter's illness