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WorksheetsFrankenstein's Monster Still Popular 200 Years Later
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Read the following sentence from the article: "It was on a dreary night in November..." In this sentence, the word dreary means:
rainy and cloudy
bleak and depressing
dark and scary
special and important
Which answer choice paraphrases the following sentence from the article: "I beheld the accomplishments of my toils."
I read about the accomplishments of my work
I wrote about the accomplishments of my experiment
I observed the accomplishments of my experiment
I observed the accomplishments of my hard work
What does the phrase "pattered dismally" mean when the author writes: "the rain pattered dismally against the pains"
the rain was part of the science experiment
the rain poured into the window and flooded the room
the rain tapped against the window to create a depressing mood
the rain tapped against the window to create a calming mood
The word unbidden means:
uninvited
unrelated
understandable
undetected
The word catastrophe means:
a scientific concept
disaster
success
winner
The word wretch means:
a painful experience
a witch
a miserable person
a happy person
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:
to travel across or over
to trace along
to graph
to outline
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:
To take life away
To ignite
To bring something back to life
To restart
Frankenstein creates a "demoniacal" corpse. The word demoniacal most closely means:
distant
dead
distinct
devilish
The word tumult most closely means
a violent outburst or commotion
a delayed reaction
a quiet reaction
a distant sound
What does "explicit textual evidence" mean?
you should just make up your own evidence
your evidence should be direct quotes from the text
you should just summarize what the passage says
textual evidence? what's that?
