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Frankenstein Chapters 1-4

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following character to the description that we discussed in Chapter 2.

a)

Victor Frankenstein

1.

A child who wanted to learn all about how life came to be and how it changes.

b)

Elizabeth Lavenza

2.

Loved viewing the mountains, season changings, and experience all life had to offer.

c)

Henry Clerval

3.

A child who was a bit of an adrenaline junkie who loved adventure, writing, and putting on plays.

2.

Match the character to their principle role in our Frankenstein text.

a)

Alphonse Frankenstein

1.

Father to the family. A popular noble

b)

Caroline Frankenstein

2.

Mother to the family. Was left penniless when father died.

c)

Victor Frankenstein

3.

First born son who is telling Walton our story

d)

Elizabeth Lavenza

4.

Milanese orphan adopted into the family

e)

Henry Clerval

5.

A good friend of the family in a "opposites attract" scenario

3.

In what place did the Frankenstein Family establish their home?

a)

Lucerne, France

b)

Geneva, Switzerland

c)

Naples, Italy

d)

Milan, Italy

4.

What was the type of science that Victor became entranced with when he discovered a book (though his father called in "sad trash.")

a)

Natural Philosophy

b)

Chemistry

c)

Mathematics

d)

Art

5.

Put the following Frankenstein children in order from oldest to youngest. (1 is the oldest --> 4 is the youngest)

a)

Victor

b)

Elizabeth

c)

Ernest

d)

William

1)
2)
3)
4)
6.

Upon reading and teaching himself, Victor wants to obtain which of the following goals for mankind? (Check any and all answers that may apply)

a)

To render man invulnerable

b)

To rid the world of disease

c)

To obtain a way for man to fly

d)

To give man all the knowledge without having to study

7.

Victor viewed Elizabeth as ​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
an object to protect, love, and cherish.
a person of equal mould and potential
a waste of space, fortunate to be living with them
a person who would rival his intelligence
8.

Victor went to college at the University of...

a)

Oxford

b)

Cambridge

c)

Ingolstadt

d)

Harvard

9.

It has taken Victor almost ​ (a)   to create his "creation". This includes the studying, analysis, and gathering the parts.

Choose from the below words
3 years
2 months
5 years
1 year
5 months
10.

(a)   is the professor with whom Victor could not establish a relationship with due to his "uncouth behavior toward science" whereas

(b)   was helping guide Victor down the path to grow in all areas of Natural Philosophy.

Choose from the below words
M. Krempe
M. Waldman
11.

What was the event that Victor witnessed that made him want to study science at university?

a)

A tree struck and destroyed by lightning

b)

His brother cured of a viral ailment

c)

A fire that consumed the village and forest of Geneva

d)

A person had a limb sewn back on and regained function

12.

When an event is relevant to the story that was removed from the timeline, picked up and reinserted (causing an interruption to the plot) it is called (a)   .

13.

When we move in time either through magical or no-physical transference; skipping material that is not important to the overall dramatics of the plot, it is called (a)   .

14.

Victor views himself as a ___________ character; saying once he restored and bestowed life to the dead that "they would bless me as its creator and source; many and excellent natures would owe their being to me."

a)
god-like
b)

political

c)

uncouth

d)

reclusive