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Frankenstein's Monster Still Popular 200 Years Later

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

Read the following sentence from the article: "It was on a dreary night in November..." In this sentence, the word dreary means:

a)

rainy and cloudy

b)

bleak and depressing

c)

dark and scary

d)

special and important

2.

Which answer choice paraphrases the following sentence from the article: "I beheld the accomplishments of my toils."

a)

I read about the accomplishments of my work

b)

I wrote about the accomplishments of my experiment

c)

I observed the accomplishments of my experiment

d)

I observed the accomplishments of my hard work

3.

What does the phrase "pattered dismally" mean when the author writes: "the rain pattered dismally against the pains"

a)

the rain was part of the science experiment

b)

the rain poured into the window and flooded the room

c)

the rain tapped against the window to create a depressing mood

d)

the rain tapped against the window to create a calming mood

4.

The word unbidden means:

a)

uninvited

b)

unrelated

c)

understandable

d)

undetected

5.

The word catastrophe means:

a)

a scientific concept

b)

disaster

c)

success

d)

winner

6.

The word wretch means:

a)

a painful experience

b)

a witch

c)

a miserable person

d)

a happy person

7.

Read the following sentence:

"I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber..." The word "traversing" most closely means:

a)

to travel across or over

b)

to trace along

c)

to graph

d)

to outline

8.

Mary Shelley wondered, "Perhaps a corpse could be re-animated . . .Perhaps the separate parts of a creature can be gathered, brought together and made alive again." The word "re-animated" means:

a)

To take life away

b)

To ignite

c)

To bring something back to life

d)

To restart

9.

Frankenstein creates a "demoniacal" corpse. The word demoniacal most closely means:

a)

distant

b)

dead

c)

distinct

d)

devilish

10.

The word tumult most closely means

a)

a violent outburst or commotion

b)

a delayed reaction

c)

a quiet reaction

d)

a distant sound

11.

What does "explicit textual evidence" mean?

a)

you should just make up your own evidence

b)

your evidence should be direct quotes from the text

c)

you should just summarize what the passage says

d)

textual evidence? what's that?