Frankenstein Quotes
Authored by Sarah Williams
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12th Grade
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This quiz examines Mary Shelley's classic Gothic novel "Frankenstein" through an intensive focus on character dialogue, thematic quotes, and literary analysis. Designed for 12th-grade students, the assessment requires deep comprehension of the text's complex themes including isolation, the consequences of unchecked ambition, and the nature of humanity versus monstrosity. Students must demonstrate advanced reading skills by identifying speakers of specific quotes, analyzing vocabulary in context, interpreting metaphors and literary devices, and connecting quotations to broader thematic elements. The questions demand sophisticated understanding of character development, particularly the Creature's transformation from benevolent being to vengeful antagonist, Victor Frankenstein's moral struggles, and the symbolic relationships between characters. Students need strong analytical reasoning skills to examine how Shelley uses dialogue to reveal character motivation, internal conflict, and the novel's central warning about the dangers of scientific hubris. Created by Sarah Williams, an English teacher in India who teaches grade 12. This comprehensive quote-based assessment serves multiple instructional purposes throughout a Frankenstein unit, functioning effectively as formative assessment during reading, review material before major examinations, or homework assignments that reinforce close reading skills. The quiz's structure allows teachers to use individual sections for targeted warmups focusing on specific characters or themes, while the complete assessment provides thorough preparation for Advanced Placement Literature examinations or final unit tests. Students benefit from the repeated exposure to key quotations that illuminate the novel's most significant moments and philosophical questions. This resource aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2 for analyzing themes and their development, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4 for determining word meanings and analyzing author's choices, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6 for analyzing point of view and rhetorical features, making it an invaluable tool for comprehensive literary analysis instruction.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Frankenstein, 'Beware; for I am fearless, ________.'
and therefore immortal.
and therefore merciless.
and therefore powerful.
and therefore impenetrable.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Read this sentence from paragraph 4. "I was at first unable to answer these questions, but perpetual attention and time explained to me many appearances which were at first enigmatic." What does enigmatic mean as it is used in the paragraph?
Admirable
Constant
Depressing
Mysterious
Answer explanation
The phrase "I was unable to answer" let's readers know that he did not know. The unknown fits with the answer choice "mysterious".
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Read this sentence from paragraph 9. "This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it." What does ardently mean as it is used in this sentence?
Passionately
Enviously
Miserably
Faithfully
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which quote from the passage shows how the father symbolizes the theme of the story?
"I perceived that the words they spoke sometimes produced pleasure or pain, smiles or sadness, in the minds and countenance of the hearers."
"He would talk in a cheerful accent, with an expression of goodness that bestowed pleasure even upon me."
"He was always the saddest of the group, and even to my unpractised senses, he appeared to have suffered more deeply than his friends."
"I could mention innumerable instances in which, although slight, marked the dispositions of these amiable cottagers."
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 3 pts
Who says: "I do not fear to die; that pang is past. God raises my weakness and gives me courage to endure the worst"? (a)
Justine
Elizabeth
The Creature
Victor
Willaim
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Part B Which quote from the passage best supports the correct answer to Part A?
“With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.”
“His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful.”
“The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature.”
“I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who said or wrote this?
"Some of you will become the great scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can."
Victor Frankenstein
William Frankenstein
Henry Clerval
Professor Waldman
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
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