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Frankenstein Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

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1.

In the novel Frankenstein, the doctor’s story is being re-told...

a)

By an investigator who is researching the murders

b)

By a ship captain who is writing it down.

c)

When Abigail finds Dr. Frankenstein’s journals.

d)

By a professor who is giving a lecture.

2.

Where does the novel begin and end?

a)

Geneva

b)

Russia

c)

The Carpathian Mountains

d)

The Arctic

3.

How does the doctor treat his creature when it first comes to life?

a)

He is strict and cruel in order to control it.

b)

He is as loving and caring as a parent.

c)

He abandons the creature immediately.

d)

He tries to kill it.

4.

Who is accused of murdering William (Victor’s little brother)?

a)

Justine Moritz

b)

Elizabeth Lavenza

c)

Henry Clerva

d)

Victor Frankenstein

5.

To what does Victor turn during his times of guilt and despair?

a)

Spending time with his father

b)

Being in nature

c)

Painting art and writing poetry

d)

Drinking alcohol and gambling

6.

To learn about human beings, the creature observes...

a)

Inmates in a prison

b)

People living and working in a city slum

c)

A family in a country cottage.

d)

People visiting a church and a graveyard

7.

What name does the creature choose for himself?

a. Adam

a)

Adam

b)

Cain

c)

Prometheus

d)

Lucifer

e)

Trick question! He takes no name.

8.

Who proposes that Dr Frankenstein create a mate for his creature?

a)

Dr Frankenstein's father

b)

Dr Frankenstein

c)

The creature

d)

Henry Clerval

9.

What threat does the creature issue to Dr Frankenstein?

a)

“If I am first to reach Geneva, nothing will await you.”

b)

“You, too, will be fatherless.”

c)

“Mankind will loathe you as it loathes me.”

d)

“I shall be with you on your wedding-night.”

10.

1. The creature kills two of his victims indirectly. Which two?

a)

Justine and Victor Frankenstein

b)

William and Elizabeth

c)

Clerval and Ernest

d)

The doctor’s father and Captain De Lacey

11.

The creature is abnormally afraid of…

a)

The cold

b)

Fire

c)

Water

d)

Trick questions! None of these.

12.

How does Dr. Frankenstein die?

a)

He dies of illness.

b)

He starves to death.

c)

The creature strangles him.

d)

He shoots himself on purpose

13.

What does Capt. Walton think of Dr Frankenstein?

a)

He thinks he is brilliant and sympathetic

b)

He thinks he is boring and annoying

c)

He thinks he is idiotic or insane

d)

He thinks he is heartless and cruel

14.

Why does the doctor decide to tell Walton his horrifying story?

a)

So that Walton will tell the world what happened

b)

To give the captain a warning and make him wiser

c)

Because they are having a scary story contest

d)

To convince the captain to give him control of the ship

15.

Which sequence accurately shows the order of the doctor’s studies?

a)

Eastern cultures ⇒ biology and chemistry ⇒ alchemy

b)

Alchemy ⇒ biology and chemistry ⇒ Eastern cultures

c)

Biology and chemistry ⇒ alchemy ⇒ Eastern cultures

d)

Eastern cultures ⇒ alchemy ⇒ biology and chemistry

16.

What are two good deeds performed by the creature in Frankenstein?

a)

He saves a drowning girl and does some chores.

b)

He spares Elizabeth’s life and puts out a fire.

c)

He leaves the old man at the hospital and captures a criminal.

d)

Trick question! He does no good deeds.

17.

To what does the creature attribute his evil behavior?

a)

He is controlled by demons.

b)

He has been twisted by negative life experiences.

c)

The doctor gave him the brain of an insane murderer.

d)

He has no conception of right and wrong.

18.

Whom do the authorities arrest for the death of Clerval?

a)

Justine Moritz

b)

Dr. Frankenstein

c)

Elizabeth Lavenza

d)

The creature

19.

How does Dr. Frankenstein fail in protecting Elizabeth?

a)

The doctor believes that he is the creature’s target.

b)

The doctor is imprisoned at the time and can do nothing.

c)

The creature switches places with Elizabeth, and the doctor shoots her.

d)

He tries to warn her, but she refuses to believe him.

e)

Trick question! He saves her

20.

In the end, Captain Walton believes that...

a)

Dr. Frankenstein was the real monster.

b)

The doctor was right, the creature is evil.

c)

Both the doctor and the creature are innocent victims

d)

The doctor must have made up the whole story.

21.

The novel Frankenstein fits within the literary movement of

a)

Realism

b)

Romanticism

c)

Secularism

d)

The Renaissance

e)

Scientology

22.

Mary Shelley is often credited as the inventor of…

a)

Imagery

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Realism

d)

Prose

23.

Which of the following is an accurate definition for the framing device in narrative?

a)

A character is “framed” in an unusual context where they are out of place.

b)

The setting is a frame that contains the actions. Characters can neither leave nor enter the frame of action.

c)

The setting is a frame that contains the actions. Characters can neither leave nor enter the frame of action.

d)

An outer story is used to “frame” an inner story.

24.

The narrative’s main message about life or human nature is called the…

a)

Allegory

b)

Exposition

c)

Theme

d)

Symbol

e)

Thesis

25.

What is the term for the hints an author includes about what may occur in a story?

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Prescience

c)

Exposition

d)

Spoilers

26.

Which choice accurately describes the doctor as a narrator?

a)

Completely unreliable: the whole story is a fabrication

b)

Somewhat unreliable: he may be story in a biased

c)

Completely reliable: he is clearly objective and fair

d)

Trick question! The doctor never serves as the narrator

27.

“…vivid flashes of lightning dazzled my eyes, illuminating the lake, making it appear like a vast sheet of fire; then for an instant every thing seemed of a pitchy darkness…”. This excerpt is an example of…

a)

Characterization

b)

Structure (foreshadowing)

c)

Structure (frame)

d)

Figurative language

e)

Allusion

28.

Who is the main character of Milton’s Paradise Lost?

a)

Dr. Frankenstein

b)

Adam

c)

Moses

d)

Prometheus

e)

Satan

29.

In terms of structure, Frankenstein uses a bookending device because…

a)

The telling begins and ends on the same setting

b)

The novel concludes with clear resolution

c)

The ending is ambiguous; we do not know the resolution

d)

It is clear that the author intends to write a sequel

30.

“I have one secret Elizabeth, a dreadful one; when revealed to you, it will chill your frame with horror... I will confide this tale of misery and terror to you the day after our marriage...”

This excerpt is an excellent example of...

a)

Plot structure (climax).

b)

Structural effects (suspense).

c)

Bookending (frame device).

d)

Authorial intrusion.

e)

Hyperbole.

31.

When the author presents one character to highlight the traits of another character it is…

a)

A character foil

b)

A Venn method

c)

A persona

d)

An archetype

e)

A side by side

32.

“You have read this strange and terrific story, Margaret; and do you not feel your blood congeal with horror, like that which even now curdles mine?” This excerpt highlights Shelley’s use of…

a)

Omniscient narrator

b)

Symbolism

c)

Structure (framing device)

d)

Counterargument

e)

Word choice (allusion)

33.

Which choice accurately describes the structure of Frankenstein?

a)

The plot structure is inverted as the narrative starts with the climax and moves backwards to the inciting incident.

b)

Several points of view and frames illustrate the main plot, which follows a narrative structure

c)

An omniscient narrator moves effortlessly between places, times and points of view.

d)

The telling of the tale is plain and conventional; it starts with an inciting incident and moves chronologically toward the resolution.

34.

Which source material is NOT referenced by an allusion in Frankenstein?

a)

Paradise Lost

b)

The Bible

c)

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

d)

Macbeth

35.

“I had an obscure feeling that all was not over and that he would still commit some signal crime, which by its enormity should almost efface the recollection of the past.” This excerpt is an excellent example of…

a)

Imagery/sensory details

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Character foil

d)

Allusion

36.

“…a few shattered pines were scattered around; and the solemn silence of this glorious presence=chamber of imperial nature was broken only by the brawling waves or the fall of some vast fragment, the thunder sound of the avalanche…”. The excerpt is an excellent example of…

a)

Imagery

b)

Allusion

c)

Resolution

d)

Foreshadowing

37.

“You must create a female for me with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being. This alone you can do…”. In terms of structure, this excerpt represents…

a)

Exposition

b)

The climax

c)

A flash-forward

d)

The moment of truth

e)

Rising Action

38.

“The Modern Prometheus” of the title most aptly applies to…

a)

The doctor

b)

The captain

c)

Mary Shelley

d)

The creature

39.

“ I will watch with willingness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom. Man, you shall repent of the injuries you inflict.”

a)

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

b)

The Bible

c)

“Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

d)

Homer’s, The Odyssey

40.

When a story symbolizes events or people it is called…

a)

A motif

b)

An allegory

c)

An allusion

d)

A moral