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WorksheetsMary Shelley's Frankenstein
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 26mins
What is the subtitle that Mary Shelley gave this novel?
Or, The Modern Gothic
Or, The Modern Prometheus
Or, The Modern Horror
Or, A Modern Tale
What parallel exists between Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein?
They both wish to create life.
They are both sailors.
They are both in quest of knowledge.
They went to the same school.
At the beginning of the novel, the explorer Robert Walton relates how he encountered Victor Frankenstein in the Arctic. Frankenstein then tells Walton the main narrative. Which literary technique does this demonstrate?
love story
gothic story
box story
frame story
______is defined as a story within a story.
structure story
frame story
back story
narrative story
Which literary element is expressed in the following statement? One of the ideas conveyed in Frankenstein is that human beings need human companionship.
theme
allusion
irony
suspense
What three books make a powerful impression on the monster?
The Odyssey
Sorrows of Werter
Plutarch’s Lives
Paradise Lost
_________ is defined as any struggle between opposing forces.
flashback
conflict
argument
purpose
Which of the following is a possible theme to Frankenstein?
Revenge
Love is blind
Nature rules
Everything comes at a price
What is a common feature of Gothic literature?
The characters are happy and peaceful.
horror, death, romance or happiness
Characters learn to love each other
There are many animals.
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein as a result of a contest suggested by Lord Byron.
TRUE
FALSE
What horrifying discovery does Victor make in Chapter 21?
He demands that Victor create a mate or companion for him.
He is reconciled with Safie, a young woman with whom he is in love.
Victor’s younger brother William has been murdered.
The monster has killed Victor’s friend Henry Clerval.
What do you think Victor means when he says at the beginning of Chapter 22, “William, Justine, and Henry—they all died by my hands”?
He really committed the murders, not the monster.
Since his hands created the monster, he is responsible for the deaths of all three.
Both of these
None of these
Choose the word that most likely means to understand, to interpret, or to identify.
countenance
contemplate
lament
decipher
How does Victor feel as he works to create a mate or companion for the monster?
vengeful
guilty and apprehensive
exuberant and creative
indifferent
_____ means "too great to be overcome".
obstacle
insurmountable
melancholy
none of these
one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute
ally
beneficiary
benefactor
adversary
