Frankenstein Quizzes

Frankenstein Quiz 1

1 Robert Walton is a

Sea captain

Scientist

Merchant

Doctor
2 Walton's goal on his expedition is to

Find gold

Find a new country

Find the creature

Find a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific
3 Where does the expedition find Victor Frankenstein?

On a floating piece of ice in the ocean

At the bottom of the ship, stowing away

In a cave

None of the above
4 Who is Beaufort?

The dear departed friend of Victor's father

The father of Caroline

Victor's grandfather

All of the above
5 The marriage between Victor's parents comes about after

The birth of Victor

The move to Switzerland

The death of Beaufort

The departure of Wallace
6 Walton narrates the story and writes letters to

His mother

His fiancee

His sister

His aunt
7 Henry Clerval is

Victor's closest childhood friend

A professor

A relative of the Frankenstein family

A merchant
8 Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?

A girl taken in by the Italian peasant family

The adopted daughter of the Frankensteins

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

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

The works of Plato

The works of Cornelius Agrippa

The works of da Vinci

The works of Galileo
10 At the University in Ingolstadt, Victor becomes interested in

The elixir of life

both Chemistry and The elixir of life

Chemistry

Neither A nor B
11 Caroline succumbs to

Scarlet fever

Diphtheria

Chicken pox

Polio
12 Ultimately, Victor's schooling results in his obsession for

Supernatural

Money

Knowledge

Power
13 Armed with scientific knowledge, Victor decides upon the artificial creation of

A human

A monster

A robot

None of the above
14 How often does Victor visit his family while in school?

Occasionally

Never

Frequently

Rarely
15 After Victor animates his creation, he

Meets Clerval the next morning

Tries to hide

Runs away

All of the above
16 The horror Victor feels at the creature's movement can be defined as

Knowledge crashing into dreams

A dream crashing into reality

Reality crashing into dreams

Reality crashing into knowledge
17 Clerval's original purpose in coming to the University is to

Nurse Victor's illness

Go sightseeing

Study

Fetch Victor
18 Caroline dies peacefully with the assurance of

A union between Ernest and Elizabeth

A union between Victor and Elizabeth

A union between Victor and Justine

A union between Elizabeth and William
19 The creature's chance encounter with William in the forest might be described as

The ends justify the means

Irony

Poetic justice

both Poetic justice and Irony
20 Victor and Henry learn of William's death via

Telegram

Express messenger

Letter

Premonition
21 Why is Justine accused of William's murder?

She was framed.

both She was framed and The picture of Caroline was found in her dress

She confessed her guilt

The picture of Caroline was found in her dress
22 After Justine's condemnation, in order to mitigate his guilt and sadness, Victor

Spends time with his family

Wanders the mountains and valleys

Returns to Ingolstadt

Starts a new experiment
23 When Victor meets up with his creation in the mountains, how much time has passed?

Two years

Four years

A year

Three years
24 Henry Clerval might best be described as

Practical and intelligent

Passionate and romantic

Insensitive and callous

Cold and calculating
25 Why does Victor remain in the creature's cave to hear his tale?

It is too cold outside

He cannot find his way home

He is scared to leave

He hopes to hear that the creature was not responsible for William's death

Explain the narrator's remark at the end of chapter 13 commenting on his "additional love and reverence for my protectors (for so I loved, in an innocent, half-painful self-deceit, to call them)."

This is from the point of view of the creature who seems to think the cottagers are somehow his friends and will take sympathy on him. This, however, will not be the case.

Asked by Nautica M #839054

Answered by Aslan on 12/1/2018 10:36 PM

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“I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations…on an expedition of discovery”

R. Walton wrote the above quote to his sister, Mrs. Saville, in a letter dated St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17—.

Asked by Naveen N #1340556

Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/24/2025 12:05 PM

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Victor's abandonment of the monster at his 'birth'?

At the moment of his birth, the creature is entirely benevolent: he affectionately reaches out to Frankenstein, only to have the latter violently abandon him. Despite his frightful appearance, he is as innocent as a newborn child -- and, in a...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/15/2025 3:49 PM

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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

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