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Frankenstein reading check chapters 1 - 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What natural event sparks significant intrigue in the scientific mind of Victor Frankenstein?
a)
Earthquake that strikes Victor's hometown
b)
Lightening strike that burns and slices a tree in half
c)
Tsunami-like wave, which floods Victor's hometown
d)
Hail-storm that damages Victor's hometown
2.
How does the second professor Victor meets, M. Waldman, respond to Victor's interests in ancient philosophers and scientists?
a)
He is rude and dismissive toward Victor, claiming that his entire childhood education was a waste.
b)
He is excited to have found a student who believes in the same ancient science as him.
c)
He claims that those scientists are outdated but still useful and encourges Victor to continue/hone his studies.
d)
He is frightened of Victor and his mad and borderline evil ideas.
3.
What is Victor's relationship like with his family during his two-year tenure at school?
a)
He is in constant communication with Elizabeth and Henry, being lonely at school.
b)
He has hardly no communication with them, being caught up in his science studies.
c)
He is in direct conflict with his father, who disagrees with his approach to science.
d)
He returns home frequently to care for his family after his mother dies.
4.
With what specific aspect of science does Victor become obsessed while at school?
a)
Relationship between science and morality
b)
Relationship between science and religion
c)
The ability to bring inanimate (or dead) objects back to life
d)
Genetics
5.

What was Victor's 'present' earlier in the book?

a)

A microscope

b)

Elizabeth

c)

A trip to Naples

d)

A trip to Ingolstadt

6.
What initially kept Victor from leaving for college?
a)
His mom died
b)
His mom caught scarlet fever
c)
Elizabeth died
d)
Elizabeth caught scarlet fever
7.
What was Caroline's dying wish?
a)
A union of Vic and Elizabeth
b)
Victor go to college at Ingolstadt
c)
To be buried next to her husband
d)
Victor publish his journal
8.
Victor Frankenstein's mother, Caroline...
a)
Is a scientist
b)
Is a former community leader who married her best friend's son
c)
Is evil, in contrast to her kind husband
d)
Dies, as a result of her daughter's illness
9.
How is Henry Clerval, Victor's best friend, most accurately characterized?
a)
Highly intelligent, nerdy, interested in modern-day chemistry and biology
b)
Chivalrous and kind, interested in heroes, legends, and the study of morality
c)
Cynical, evil, a frequent "mad" scientist who experiments on animals, dead and alive
d)
Sad, woeful, someone Victor loves but also pities greatly
10.
Victor Frankenstein's father, Alphonse...
a)
Is a scientist
b)
Is a former community leader who married his best friend's daughter
c)
Is evil, in contrast to his kind wife
d)
Dies, as a result of his daughter's illness
11.
Victor Frankenstein's sister, Elizabeth is...
a)
Adopted and subsequently beloved by the Frankenstein family 
b)
Evil, in contrast to her kind brother
c)
A more talented scientist than her brother
d)
In love with Henry Clerval, her brother's best friend
12.
Upon retelling his story to Robert Walton, how does Victor describe his scientific studies?
a)
Victor describes his scientific study as being part of his destiny, unable to be changed.
b)
Victor regrets his scientific studies and cites bad choices for his failures.
c)
Victor is proud of the work he accomplished, despite its ups and downs.
d)
Victor has no recollection of how he became the scientist that he did, admitting he became a different person.
13.

What does Victor mean when he says his work became "so ardent and eager that the stars often disappeared in the light of morning whilst I was yet engaged in my laboratory"?

a)

It means that he liked looking at the stars while he worked.

b)

It means that he worked all through the night until morning.

c)

It means that it was too cloudy to work.

d)

It means that he left his laboratory only at night.

14.

In this chapter, Victor discovers that he is "capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter," which means:

a)

He can animate drawings he makes.

b)

He enjoys watching bodies decay.

c)

He cannot bring dead things back to life.

d)

He can bring dead things back to life.

15.

Victor begins isolating himself to pursue his work

a)

true

b)

false

16.

When Victor said, " A new species would bless me as its creator and source", he meant that

a)

man would ask him for fire

b)

he is creating a new species that he believes would worship him almost as a god.

c)

a new creature would bless him with gifts

d)

he was making a monster to scare people

17.

It takes Victor Frankenstein a very long time to create a human.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Victor succeeds the first time he tries to create life.

a)

false

b)

true

c)

He never creates life.

19.

How is Victor Frankenstein affected by his experiment?

a)

He isn't affected.

b)

He becomes very sick and almost becomes a slave to his work

c)

He becomes very happy

d)

He enjoys working

20.

My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement.


Emaciated with confinement means

a)

to be thoughtful

b)

to go to jail

c)

to be skinny from being stuck indoors

d)

to study the human body