WorksheetsFrankenstein Recap: Culture, History, Narrative
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 15mins
What factor has the biggest impact on changes in the horror genre?
The economy
Changing cultural values
Popular horror fiction
Education
Which language does 'monster' come from?
French
Greek
Latin
English
So: the etymology of 'monster' is the Latin 'monere'. What does that mean?
Evil (noun)
Demonic (adjective)
Warn (verb)
Threat (noun)
Why did vampire fiction resurge in popularity in the 1980s?
McCarthyism and the fear of Communism
The AIDS crisis
The Cold War
Fear of nuclear war
How has zombie fiction changed since its inception?
Less superstition, more real-world origins (government, disease, scientific exploration)
Less real-world origins, more superstition
In what year did Mary Shelley publish the very first version of Frankenstein?
(a)
What was the name of the first adaptation (an 1823 stage play)?
Frankenstein
The Curse of Frankenstein
Presumption: Fate of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Conquers the World
In what year did the first film version come out?
1931
1905
1910
1950
Which two film studios are responsible for the greatest number of adaptations in the twentieth century?
Hammer
Universal
Disney
Warner Brothers
What is the value of studying adaptations of classical texts? Try to give at least two points.
Which cultural-historic movement(s) was Shelley a part of?
The Gothic
The Romantic
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
Shelley's mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was a famous ________ writer.
anarchist
conservative
feminist
Marxist
Shelley's father, William Godwin, was an anarchist philosopher with a particular interest in...
Public health
Poetry and art
Criminal justice
Scientific development
Shelley wrote the first draft of Frankenstein during...
The French Revolution
The Year Without Summer
The Napoleonic Wars
The Revolutions of 1848
The novel is written in an epistolary style.
True
False
Walton's letters are an important prologue because they establish the theme of ________.
Loss
Scientific Discovery
Ambition
Grimly's opening panel reveals...
The industrial nature of Geneva
The anachronistic, cybergoth artstyle
The notion of Geneva as 'playground'
Frankenstein's ambition
Grimly's artstyle is often anachronistic to reinforce the universality of the narrative's themes.
True
False
Early in the novel, whose death results in Frankenstein burying himself in scientific experiments?
His father's
His mother's
Justine's
His childhood friend's
After being rejected, who does the Creature eventually murder?
Justine
Henry Clerval
William, Frankenstein's brother
Elizabeth
Where does Frankenstein go in order to isolate himself and work on the partner for the Creature?
Scotland
England
Geneva
The Arctic
Where do Frankenstein and the Creature eventually meet?
Scotland
Geneva
The North Pole
France
