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Frankenstein Final Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the first narrator in the novel?
a)
Frankenstein
b)
Walton
c)
the creature
d)
omniscient third person
2.
Who was writing the letters?
a)
Victor Frankenstein
b)
Alphonse Frankenstein
c)
Robert Walton
d)
Henry Clerval
3.
How did Robert feel about his guest?
a)
He liked Frankenstein, but realized they had nothing in common.
b)
He did not like Frankenstein, he was too eccentric.
c)
He liked Frankenstein, and hoped they would become friends.
d)
He did not like Frankenstein at all. 
4.
Why was Frankenstein in the Arctic?
a)
He wanted to be alone.
b)
He was pursuing Robert Walton
c)
He was pursuing Elizabeth Lavenza
d)
He was pursuing the monster.
5.
What is Walton attempting to locate?
a)
Northern passage through the Artic
b)
South Pole
c)
Alaska
d)
An escaped fugitive
6.
What odd sight do the sailors first see?
a)
Northern lights
b)
dogs running wild
c)
a large man on a sled
d)
a haggard man trying to board their ship
7.
Why does the man agree to tell Walton his story?
a)
to entertain Walton
b)
to convince Walton to help him
c)
to receive advice
d)
to relieve himself of guilt
8.
Who is the author of the novel Frankenstein?
a)
Mary Shelley
b)
Robert Walton
c)
Lord Byron
d)
Victor Frankenstein
9.

What is a frame story

a)

A story within a story

b)

A story about famous art

c)

A story with only one narrator

d)

A story with one main idea

10.

What quality or qualities do Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein share? There may be more than one.

a)

Loneliness

b)

Fear

c)

Ambition

d)

Compassion

11.

Where does Robert meet the stranger?

a)

He was stranded on a large piece of ice, and they rescued him

b)

He was looking for work in Archangel and joined their crew

c)

He stowed away on their ship in secret but was discovered

d)

They met on a whaling ship while Robert was preparing for his journey

12.

What other profession does Robert Walton consider, apart from becoming an explorer?

a)

Politician

b)

Poet

c)

Professor

d)

Priest

13.

What is Victor's attitude about his quest?

a)

He is determined to continue no matter the cost.

b)

He has lost hope.

c)

He is regretting his pursuit.

d)

He is indifferent to the outcome.

14.
What does Walton desire when he writes his second letter?
a)
home cooked food
b)
to see his sister
c)
a friend
d)
money and warmer clothing
15.

What is Frankenstein's first name?

a)

Victor

b)

Frank

c)

Herman

d)

Clerval

16.

Who is left alive at the end of the novel?

a)

Robert Walton

b)

Victor Frankenstein

c)

Henry Clerval

d)

Alphonse Frankenstein (Victor's father)

17.

Who is the last narrator in the novel?

a)

The Monster

b)

Victor Frankenstein

c)

Robert Walton

d)

Mrs. Saville

18.

In her letter, why does Elizabeth assume that Victor has put off the idea of marriage?

a)

She believes that he loves another woman

b)

She thinks that he never wants to marry anyone

c)

She believes that he's too distracted with the building of a monster

d)

She wishes to marry Henry Clerval instead

19.

After the deaths of both Elizabeth and his father, what happens to Victor?

a)

He immediately begins hunting the monster

b)

He runs away to a monastery to become a priest

c)

He goes insane and is put in an institution

d)

He seeks to protect Ernest

20.

What does the monster do to keep Victor on his trail?

a)

He leaves a map

b)

He leaves clues and food

c)

He does not wish for Victor to chase him at all

d)

He is the one chasing Victor

21.

What happens to the monster after the death of Victor?

a)

He is excited to have finally won over his master

b)

He is worried that he will be blamed for Victor's death

c)

He mourns the loss of his creator since now he has no reason to live

d)

He is angry that Frankenstein can no longer chase him

22.

What is the monster's fate at the end of the novel?

a)

He will drown himself in the icy arctic waters

b)

He will be arrested and hanged for all his crimes

c)

He will light himself on a funeral pyre and die

d)

He will continue to seek a mate as ugly as himself

23.
Victor's family lives in:
a)
Geneva, Switzerland
b)
Paris, France
c)
Ingolstadt, Germany
d)
Ireland
24.
What does the monster demand that Victor do?
a)
give him money
b)
make him a mate
c)
forgive him for killing William
d)
make the monster attractive
25.
Victor destroys the female creature by
a)
burning the remains
b)
burying her
c)
cutting her up and throwing her into the sea
d)
strangling her
26.
What natural phenomena influenced Frankenstein?
a)
He watched a tree being hit by lightning during a storm. He became interested in the theories of electricity and galvanism.
b)
He watched an apple fall from a tree and became interested in gravity and inertia.
c)
He watched an animal die and became interested in decomposition.
d)
He watched the clouds and became interested in meteorology.
27.

How did Frankenstein feel when his experiment was successful, and the creature came to life?

a)

He was ecstatic and jubilant.

b)

He was afraid and resigned.

c)

He was excited and happy.

d)

He was horrified and disgusted.

28.
How did the creature learn to speak and to read?
a)
A young child befriended him and taught him.
b)
He sat outside the local school house and listened.
c)
He observed and listened to the cottagers.
d)
Frankenstein had programmed his brain to know how immediately.
29.
What is a major mood in the novel Frankenstein?
a)
happiness
b)
fun
c)
joy
d)
loneliness
30.
At the end of Frankenstein, who says this: "But soon I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames"?
a)
Victor
b)
The Monster
c)
Walton
d)
Victor's father
31.

From a young age, Victor pursued an understanding of

a)

the power of electricity

b)

the pillars of morality

c)

the science of life

d)

the power of human will

32.
What type of novel is Frankenstein?
a)
mystery
b)
gothic
c)
self-help
d)
biography
33.
What object got Justine convicted of William's murder?
a)
a shawl
b)
a hair bow
c)
a piece of cloth
d)
 a locket
34.
Why did the monster kill William?
a)
because William said he was a Frankenstein
b)
he was being too loud
c)
William called the monster names 
d)
because the creature hated children
35.
Who was Frankenstein’s closest friend?
a)
Elizabeth Lavenza
b)
Henry Clerval
c)
Robert Walton
d)
Alphonse Frankenstein
36.
What happened to Frankenstein the day after he completed his creation?
a)
He decided to continue with his research.
b)
He became disillusioned with life for the rest of his days.
c)
He became adamant about bringing other things to life.
d)
He became ill with a fever and delirium for several months.
37.
When the cottagers reject the monster, what does he do in retaliation?
a)
Kills them
b)
Steals their food
c)
Burns down their cottage
d)
Cries
38.
How did Elizabeth come to live with the Frankensteins?
a)
Caroline Frankenstein saw her with a peasant family, and offered to raise her in better circumstances.
b)
She was the daughter of a good friend, and Caroline wanted to help.
c)
She was the long lost niece and Caroline finally found her.
d)
She was the child that Caroline gave up for adoption when she was younger.
39.

EXCLUDING VICTOR, how many people in Frankenstein's life have die, directly or indirectly, because of the monster?

a)

9

b)

5

c)

6

d)

3

40.
How does Victor's father die?
a)
of a brain hemorrhage
b)
at the hands of the creature
c)
of old age
d)
of a broken heart
41.
What terrible event happens on Frankenstein's wedding night?
a)
The creature kills William
b)
The creature kills Elizabeth
c)
Victor kills the creature
d)
Elizabeth leaves the wedding
42.
What book does the monster seem most drawn to?
a)
Homer's Odyssey
b)
Paradise Lost
c)
Plutarch's Lives
d)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
43.
What does the monster's story do for the reader?
a)
suspense
b)
hatred
c)
disgust
d)
sympathy
44.
What is Victor obsessed with after Elizabeth's death?
a)
finding another woman
b)
protecting his family
c)
gaining revenge
d)
finding a way to re-animate Elizabeth's corpse
45.
What was one of the themes of the writers who influenced Frankenstein?
a)
The authors he liked wrote about raising ghosts or devils. 
b)
The authors he liked wrote about love.
c)
The authors he liked wrote about fairy tales.
d)
The authors he liked wrote about drama.
46.
What two major events happened to Frankenstein when he was seventeen?
a)
His brother died and he decided to quit school.
b)
His father died and he decided to visit the Arctic.
c)
His mother died and he went to the university at Ingolstadt to study.
d)
His mother died and he gave up on his own life.
47.

Who was accused of committing the murder of William?

a)

Jean-Claude, one of the servants, was accused of committing the murder.

b)

Justine, who lived with the family, was accused of committing the murder.

c)

Frankenstein’s brother was accused of committing the murder.

d)

Frank, one of the boy’s friends, was accused of committing the murder.

48.
What happened to the accused person of William's murder?
a)
The accused person was found innocent and released.
b)
The accused person was convicted and hanged.
c)
Frankenstein helped the accused person escape from prison and flee the country.  
d)
The accused person committed suicide in prison.
49.
Frankenstein was passionate and obsessed about...
a)
reviving someone from the dead
b)
marrying his fiance
c)
helping his father
d)
school
50.
Frankenstein is the name of...
a)
The Castle.
b)
The Monster.
c)
The doctor who created the monster.
d)
The teacher of the doctor who created the monster.
51.
About the De Lacey family we can agree that:
a)
A blind person treated the Monster better than the ones who could see.
b)
The Monster didn´t try to help them.
c)
The family didn´t try to chase the Monster away.
d)
They were travellers.
52.

I was the first victim to be murdered by the monster!

a)

Willy

b)

Benny

c)

Frank

d)

William

53.

Safie and her family were from this country.

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

France

d)

Africa

54.

The creature learned to ________by listening to the family in the little home in the woods.

a)

speak or language

b)

rap and dance

c)

play the fiddle

d)

read the Bible

55.

The monster discovered there were two important things everyone needed in the world and he did not have either one.

a)

money and family

b)

Fast Horses and wild women

c)

money and insurance

d)

family and a big castle

56.

The creature saw his reflection in a pool and

a)

was filled with sorrow and shame.

b)

was hungry.

c)

he spit in the water.

d)

he fainted.

57.

Victor attended the university in this country.

a)

China

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

Transylvania

58.

Victor left England and went to a tiny island where he was accused of murder.

a)

Scotland

b)

Australia

c)

Bahamas

d)

Canada

59.

The monster jumped out of the window and howled because.......

a)

that women was ugly!

b)

Victor shot him with a gun.

c)

he tripped over the rug.

d)

Victor destroyed the monster's wife.

60.

The setting and ending of this story is in

a)

Switzerland

b)

The North Pole

c)

South America

d)

Fairbanks, Alaska

61.

(5 points) Read the following quotation from the selection: “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. 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.” The quotation suggests that the selection explores the theme of-- (II.6.a) Passage 1

a)

“Ambition leads to ruin.”

b)

“Children are innately good.”

c)

“It is a parent’s job more than society’s job to nurture and train a child.”

d)

“Scientist are responsible for the way their discoveries are put to use.”

62.

Why didn't Victor want to leave his family to go away to school?

a)

He wouldn't be able to help care for his sick father.

b)

He felt his education would cost his family too much money.

c)

They were still upset by the death of his mother.

d)

They needed his help to run the family farm.

63.

Frankenstein found himself accused of murdering....

a)

his father

b)

Ernest

c)

a young sailor

d)

Henry

64.

What does the monster do for the cottagers?

a)

Builds for them

b)

Their chores

c)

Protects them

d)

Nothing

65.

According to the novel

a)

Technology is okay in moderation

b)

Technology is limitless and should be taken as far as it can go

c)

Creators have no responsibility for their technological advancements or creations

d)

It is not okay to create something or advance science without doing it responsibly.

66.
Victor's mother dies:
a)
of scarlet fever
b)
in childbirth
c)
of cancer
d)
when the creature kills her
67.

What happens to William?

a)

strangled

b)

drowned

c)

got lost

d)

is kidnapped

68.

When Victor goes to college he decides to show the world what?

a)

the answer to a mathematical problem

b)

the deepest mysteries of creation

c)

how electricity works

d)

plans to paint a picture

69.

Where is one place Victor collects his materials for his experiment from?

a)

graveyards

b)

houses

c)

colleges

d)

laboratories

70.

What deep desire does the monster have?

a)

To keep calm and read

b)

To be reach and famous

c)

To travel to the Noeth Pole

d)

To be loved and accepted

71.
Does Frankenstein want to create a perfect being or just reanimate life?
a)
perfect being
b)
reanimation
c)
make another zelton
72.
Who did Frankenstein let die even when he could've helped?
a)
henry
b)
Joffery Baratheon
c)
justine
d)
john snow chief commander
73.

In Shelley's time, only the corpses of ______ could be used for dissection.

a)

those excommunicated by the church

b)

atheists who volunteered

c)

executed murderers

d)

homeless people who had no known family

74.

Which character is most often and most purely moved by nature?

a)

The Creature

b)

Walton

c)

Victor Frankenstein

d)

Alphonse Frankenstein

75.

Which text had the greatest influence on the Creature, and is the one to which Shelley alludes to most?

a)

Prometheus Unbound by Percy Shelley

b)

Paradise Lost by Milton

c)

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

d)

The Bible

76.

Which are the major narrative frames of Frankenstein?

a)

Victor's letters and the Creatures story

b)

Elizabeth's letters and Alphonse's diary

c)

Walton's story, Victor's story, and the Creature's story

d)

the Creature's creation and Walton's expedition

77.

Two months after Justine is executed, where does Alphonse take his family?

a)

Chamounix, near Mt. Blanc

b)

Ingolstadt, Germany

c)

On a sailing adventure to the North Sea

d)

The Scottish highlands

78.

Upon meeting his creator, what two biblical allusions does the Creature make about the nature of his existence?

a)

Mary and Joseph

b)

Adam and the fallen angel (Satan)

c)

Jesus and the Apostles

d)

John the Baptist and his persecutors

79.

As his emotional awareness expands to allow him to understand the De Lacey's poverty, the Creature (select all that apply)

a)

abandons the hovel

b)

stops stealing food from them

c)

starts helping them by gathering wood for them every night

d)

vows to get them money

80.

The Creature believes that learning their language, which he calls a "godlike science," will

a)

help him write his tale

b)

be the first step to allowing him to create a partner for himself

c)

make it so the De Lacey's will overlook his deformity and accept him

d)

allow him to explain to authorities what has happened to him

81.

What is the name of the book that Felix uses to teach Safie about language and history (and from which the Creature learns as well)?

a)

Volney's Ruins of Empires

b)

Shakespeare's Hamlet

c)

Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

d)

The Bible

82.

As he learns through listening in on Felix's readings, the Creature questions (select all that apply)

a)

his ability to comprehend complex text

b)

why he has no family

c)

why his physical attributes are so different than those of others

d)

how he will survive

83.

Which books did the creature find in a portmanteau? (Select all that apply)

a)

Paradise Lost by John Milton

b)

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans by Plutarch

c)

The Bible

d)

Sorrows of Werter by Johann von Goethe

84.

Besides the books he found, what else does the Creature share that he read?

a)

early newspaper reports of a horrible creature spotted in small villages

b)

Victor's journal from the laboratory in Ingolstadt

c)

The diary of a man imprisoned

d)

books on galvanization

85.

Why does the Creature decide to speak with the old man in the De Lacey home?

a)

the old man is blind

b)

the old man seems the most compassionate

c)

he believes the old man will be the easiest to overpower

d)

he wants to confront the old man about some of the things he's heard

86.

On his journey to Switzerland, the Creature

a)

realizes he can not kill his creator

b)

discovers a friend in nature

c)

saves a young girl from drowning, but is shot in the shoulder

d)

destroys an entire village

87.

The Creature promises that he and his mate would

a)

move to the wilderness of South America and be peaceful vegetarians

b)

travel to universities to let scientists study them

c)

take over the government and install a more just government

d)

stay in the Alpine mountains and not bother anyone

88.

What is an allusion?

a)

A metaphor

b)

A simile

c)

A reference to an event/another body of work

d)

A hero's journey

89.

"I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend" (Shelley 87).


What text and character is Shelley alluding to here?

a)

Paradise Lost; Satan

b)

Paradise Lost; Adam

c)

Genesis; Adam

d)

The Inferno; Dante

90.

How does Frankenstein's creation act as a Satan figure?

a)

He is a fallen angel

b)

He makes evil his 'good'

c)

He seeks to destroy humans in order to harm his creator

d)

He has demons as helpers

91.

What is the subtitle of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

a)

The Better Prometheus 

b)

The Modern Prometheus

c)

Prometheus

d)

That dude prometheus

92.
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
93.
How does the first professor Victor meets, M. Krempe, 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.
94.
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.
95.
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.
96.
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
97.
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.
98.

What does the Creature say Victor owes him?

a)

Food, shelter, and clothing

b)

A further education

c)

Happiness and a mate

d)

To destroy him

99.
After learning to read and gaining more knowledge...
a)
the creature decides to form a mate for himself
b)
the creature decides to read all of the classic texts of Western World
c)
the creature tries to commit suicide
d)
the creature realizes how much he is an outcast from society 
100.
Which of the following is NOT a theme found in the novel?
a)
destructive power of revenge
b)
consequences of pride
c)
forcefulness of love
d)
irresponsibility in the pursuit of knowledge