WorksheetsMary Shelley
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman?
a Mary Shelley
b Mary’s father
c Mary’s mother
d Mary's husband
2 Mary met Percy Shelley because of his admiration for...
a Lord Byron
b her father
c William Wordsworth
3 Which word best describes William Godwin’s feelings about his daughter’s relationship with Shelley?
a disapproval
b delight
c concern
How old was Mary when she finished writing Frankenstein?
a 18
b 20
c 21
5 How many children did Mary give birth to?
a three
b four
c five
6 Percy Shelley died in...
a London
b bed
c Italy
7 What was unusual about Mary’s upbringing?
intellectual family
poor family
problems her parents had
8 What kind of person do you think Mary Shelley was?
Mary must have been quite headstrong – she ignored her father’s wishes and appeared unconcerned about the scandal she caused.
She was intelligent, with her own views on various social and political issues.
9. Frankenstein is part of a group of novels which are defined as Gothic. Gothic novels consist of stories which have certain distinct characteristics:
they are set in dark, lonely buildings or places
they are set the story in a humorous way
they show an interest in the return of something buried from the past
they try to make the reader feel horrified or afraid
the most important person in the story
protagonist
villain
victim
second lead
