Frankenstein Quotes

Frankenstein, 'Beware; for I am fearless, ________.'

• and therefore immortal.

• and therefore merciless.

• and therefore powerful.

• and therefore impenetrable.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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".

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.”

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following quotes from the test best supports the correct answer to question 13?

• “I lay on my straw.”

• "What chiefly struck me was the gentle manners of these people"

• "I remembered too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers."

• "For the present, I would remain quietly in my hovel."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which quote from the passage best supports the correct answer to question 3?

• "The young man was constantly employed out of doors, and the girl in various laborious occupations within."

• "They possessed a delightful house (for such it was in my eyes) and every luxury; they had a fire to warm them when chill and delicious viands when hungry; they were dressed in excellent clothes ..."

• "In the midst of poverty and want, Felix carried with pleasure to his sister the first little white flower that peeped out from beneath the snowy ground."

• "In the day, I believe, he worked sometimes for a neighbouring farmer, because he often went forth and did not return until dinner, yet brought no wood with him."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Finish the quote: I thought I was making ________

• A saint

• A creature

• An angel

• A breakthrough in science

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3