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Frankenstein Final quiz

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does the monster fulfill his threat of being with Victor on his wedding night?

a)

He kills Victor on his wedding night

b)

He strangles Elizabeth on the wedding night

c)

He kills Victor's father on his wedding night

d)

He watches from just outside the window as Elizabeth and Victor marry

2.

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)

3.

Who is the last narrator in the novel?

a)

The Monster

b)

Victor Frankenstein

c)

Robert Walton

d)

Mrs. Saville

4.

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

5.

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

6.

What happens to the monster after Victor's death?

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

7.

What is the monster's plan 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

8.

Which of the following is a theme NOT seen in the novel?

a)

Parents have a responsibility to raise their children

b)

Our own decisions, not fate, determine our lives.

c)

Science and logic triumph over nature and compassion.

d)

Revenge often produces a destructive cycle

9.

What Frankenstein is an example of all of the following genres EXCEPT

a)

Epistolary

b)

Gothic

c)

Science fiction

d)

semi-autobiographical

10.
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
11.

Why does Victor tell Walton his life story?

4 lines
12.
What is a major mood in the novel Frankenstein?
a)
happiness
b)
fun
c)
joy
d)
loneliness
13.

Who is the author of the novel "Frankenstein"?

a)

Mary Shelley

b)

Robert Walton

c)

Lord Byron

d)

Victor Frankenstein

14.

Victor's father dies

a)

from grief over so many terrible things happening so close together.

b)

at the monster's hands.

c)

when he realizes that Frankenstein is behind all the murders.

15.

What is the form of writing for MOST of the last chapter

a)

regular first-person narrative

b)

a small frame story at the very end

c)

epistolary novel (novel in letter form)

16.

Walton recognizes that he found the friend he had hoped for in Frankenstein. The irony is that

a)

he has to watch his friend die

b)

Frankenstein hates Walton

c)

Walton dies just after that

d)

his sister loves him too

17.

Walton claims that he has "lost (his) hopes for glory" when he

a)

listens to the crew and heads home

b)

listens to Frankenstein and keeps heading north

c)

promises to die with the Creature

d)

does not avenge Frankenstein's death

18.

The setting of the story includes all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Geneva and the Swiss Alps

b)

Ingolstadt, Paris, Milan, and other cities in Europe

c)

England, Scotland, and Ireland

d)

Russia, the North Seas, and the Arctic Circle

e)

A ruined castle and a graveyard

19.
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.
20.

Who is the most evil in this novel?

a)

Victor Frankenstein

b)

The Creature

c)

Captain Walton

d)

Fate

21.

Shelley added the subtitle "A Modern Prometheus". In what ways is Victor Frankenstein like the titan who gave humanity fire?

a)

Both give humanity something potentially dangerous.

b)

Both suffer as a result of their gifts.

c)

Both die for their arrogance.

d)

Both are superhuman.

22.

What parallel exists between Frankenstein and Robert Walton?

a)

They both wish to create life

b)

They are both sailors

c)

They are both on a quest for knowledge

d)

They went to the same school.

23.

As Victor nears the moment of completing his creation, the setting is described as

a)

a beautiful sunny day in spring

b)

early morning on a cold winter day

c)

noontime but cloudy

d)

a dark November night with a dismal rainstorm

24.

What theme does Shelley highlight in the stories of Elizabeth and Justine?

a)

the relentlessness of evil

b)

the corrosive effects of jealosy

c)

the necessity for compassion

d)

the benefits of scholarship

25.

What technique does Shelley use to tell us the monster's activities after he was created

a)

irony

b)

extended metaphor

c)

foreshadowing

d)

flashback

26.

The Creature reads Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost" and identifies most with

a)

Adam

b)

Eve

c)

Lucifer

d)

God

27.

What technique does Shelley use to organize the narrative?

a)

Frame Story

b)

Allusion

c)

suspense

d)

irony

28.

What is the literary element used when Victor tells Robert that Fate has caused his "utter and terrible destruction"?

a)

frame story

b)

allusion

c)

irony

d)

suspense

29.

What literary element is used when Justine confesses to a murder that she did not commit?

a)

irony

b)

frame story

c)

allusion

d)

theme

30.

What literary element is expressed in the statement "Human beings need others for companionship".

a)

theme

b)

irony

c)

allusion

d)

suspense

31.

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

32.

Mary Shelley spends a lot of time throughout the novel describing natural scenery.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Why does the creature want to meet Victor?

a)

The creature wants to kill Victor

b)

The creature wants to tell him about his birth

c)

The creature feels Victor is the closest chance he has to gaining companionship

d)

The creature wants to travel around the world with Victor

34.

How does the creature plan to stay on top of Victor's progress?

a)

Victor is to write letters to the creature

b)

The creature is going to live with Victor

c)

Clerval is to act as an intermediary between Victor and the creature

d)

The creature will watch Victor and reappear when Victor completes his task

35.

What does the creature learn from papers found in Victor’s pocket?

a)

He learns of how he was created.

b)

He learns that even his creator, Victor Frankenstein, turns from him in disgust

c)

He learns a new philosophy about life

d)

He learns that Victor wishes to have a relationship with the creature

36.

How does the creature believe that he would benefit from Victor meeting his demand?

a)

The creature would be less angry if he wasn't lonely

b)

The creature could meet a mate if he was more attractive

c)

The creature would have someone to explore the world with

d)

The creature would have a greater understanding of human nature

37.

What does Victor decide to do at the monster's request?

a)

He tells the monster absolutely not

b)

He agrees and eventually creates another monster

c)

He says no at first and then agrees to create another monster

d)

He says no but allows him to live with himself instead

38.

Reorder the following cyclical pattern for Victor Frankenstein.

a)

Victor secludes himself

b)

He makes a questionable choice

c)

He recognizes how wrong it is

d)

He gets really sick for a long time.

e)

He blames fate.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
39.

The novel Frankenstein challenges ideas about science, technology, religion, ethics, and philosophy.  Which discipline does Victor Frankenstein decide to devote his time to?

a)

biology

b)

physics

c)

chemistry

d)

optomology

40.
Which is NOT characteristic of the Romantic period?
a)
a. a return to nature
b)
b. appreciation of the individual
c)
c. love of philosophy
d)
d. turning against industrialization
41.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein may be read as a warning about...

a)

the idea that positivism can explain everything.

b)

the dangers of interfering with the natural order of things.

c)

the use of dead bodies to create the perfect creature.