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WorksheetsFrankenstein Reading Check: Chapters 10 - 11
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Identify the speaker: "Cursed (although I curse myself) be the hands that formed you!"
Victor Frankenstein
The creature
Elizabeth
Victor's father
Identify the speaker: "All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things!"
Victor Frankenstein
The creature
Elizabeth
The old man of the cottagers
Identify the speaker: "Listen to my tale; when you have heard that, abandon or commiserate me, as you shall judge that I deserve. But hear me."
Victor Frankenstein
The creature
Elizabeth
The young man cottager
Identify the speaker: "I was a poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept."
Victor Frankenstein
The creature
Elizabeth
The young woman cottager
What motivates Victor to follow his creature to his hut?
By seeing where the creature lives, he can plan an ambush.
His other brother is held hostage by the creature.
Victor feels, for the first time, his duties as a creator.
His creature persuades Victor to forgive him of the murder of William.
What is the ultimatum that the creature presents to Victor?
Fulfill your duties as my creator, or I will kill you.
Fulfill your duties as my creator, or I will kill your remaining family and friends.
Fulfill your duties as my creator, or I will reveal my existence to your family.
Fulfill your duties as my creator, or I will kidnap Elizabeth.
How does Victor feel when he sees his creature bounding over the crevices of ice towards him?
Utter shame
Profound sadness
Dumbfounded speechlessness
Furious rage
How does the creature respond to Victor's initial reaction towards him?
He says he expected this reaction.
He is shocked and hurt by this reaction.
He is terrified by Victor's reaction.
He weeps.
Which of the following is NOT a word Victor uses to address his creature?
devil
vile insect
my Adam
abhorred monster
How does the creature first come into the possession of fire?
He finds it left behind after a series of wildfires.
He finds it left behind by wandering beggars.
Townspeople chase him from town and wield fire to frighten him.
He scares an old man out of his hut and finds the fire there.
The villagers chase the creature away because...
... he stole vegetables and cheese from them.
... he tried to kidnap one of the women.
... he reacted violently to the children who first spotted him.
... his appearance frightened the people.
What is one of the FIRST things that do the cottagers do that endear them to the creature?
They are the first people to greet him warmly.
They leave out food, which he assumes is for him.
They play an instrument and sing.
They speak and use language.
Overall, the villagers that the creature spies on seem to be...
blissful and ignorant.
loving but melancholy.
happy but arrogant.
bitter and resentful.
Which of the following is NOT one of the cottagers the creature observes?
A young woman with a nightingale voice.
A pensive old man.
A little girl who picks flowers.
A young man who works in the garden.
Identify the speaker: "It was indeed a paradise compared to the bleak forest, my former residence, the rain-dropping branches, and dank earth."
Victor Frankenstein
The creature
Elizabeth
The young woman cottager
