Frankenstein Study Guide

1. Robert Walton is a

• Doctor
• Scientist
• Sea captain
• Merchant

2. Walton's goal on his expedition is to

• Find the creature
• Find a new country
• Find gold
• Find a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific

3. Where does the expedition find Victor Frankenstein?

• At the bottom of the ship, stowing away
• In a cave
• On a floating piece of ice in the ocean
• None of the above

4. Who is Beaufort?

• Victor's grandfather
• The father of Caroline
• The dear departed friend of Victor's father
• All of the above

5. The marriage between Victor's parents comes about after

• The move to Switzerland
• The death of Beaufort
• The departure of Wallace
• The birth of Victor

6. Walton narrates the story and writes letters to

• His mother
• His sister
• His fiancee
• His aunt

7. Henry Clerval is

• A merchant
• A relative of the Frankenstein family
• Victor's closest childhood friend
• A professor

8. Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?

• A girl taken in by the Italian peasant family
• A serving girl
• both The adopted daughter of the Frankensteins and A girl taken in by the Italian peasant family
• The adopted daughter of the Frankensteins

9. Victor's initial interest in science is sparked at age 13 when he reads

• The works of Cornelius Agrippa
• The works of Plato
• The works of Galileo
• The works of da Vinci

10. At the University in Ingolstadt, Victor becomes interested in

• Chemistry
• The elixir of life
• both Chemistry and The elixir of life
• Neither A nor B