Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · 1818

Ten questions on plot, characters and themes. Take it free. Pass 7 of 10 to ace it.

Question 1 of 10

How is the main story framed?

As a diary kept by Frankenstein himselfAs a series of letters from Captain Robert Walton to his sister, who is recording the story Walton hears from Victor FrankensteinAs a confession recorded at Victor's trialAs a series of newspaper articles

Question 2 of 10

Where does Walton meet Victor Frankenstein?

In a hospital in GenevaOn the ice of the Arctic, on his expedition northIn a small inn in the AlpsAt the harbour in Naples

Question 3 of 10

What does Victor study at the University of Ingolstadt that sets the events in motion?

Theology and ancient languagesAstronomy and navigationNatural philosophy and chemistry, with a growing obsession with the secret of creating lifeLaw, against his family's wishes

Question 4 of 10

What is Victor's reaction the moment his creature first comes to life?

He rushes to teach itHe flees in horror and abandons itHe shows it proudly to his fatherHe sells it to a travelling circus

Question 5 of 10

How does the creature first learn language and human ways?

By being raised by a kind shepherdBy attending a school in disguiseBy secretly observing the De Lacey family from a shed and reading books he finds, including Paradise LostBy breaking into Victor's study and reading his journals

Question 6 of 10

Who is the first member of Victor's family the creature kills?

Victor's fatherVictor's young brother WilliamVictor's friend Henry ClervalVictor's cousin and bride, Elizabeth

Question 7 of 10

Who is wrongly executed for William's murder?

A passing strangerJustine, a family servant who is framed by the creatureHenry ClervalThe creature himself

Question 8 of 10

What does the creature demand of Victor, in exchange for leaving humanity alone?

Money and a passage to South AmericaThat Victor publicly acknowledge him as his sonThat Victor build him a female companion of his own kindThat Victor remove his memory of the past

Question 9 of 10

Whom does the creature kill on Victor's wedding night?

Elizabeth, Victor's brideVictor himselfVictor's father, who is fetched in a hurryThe priest

Question 10 of 10

How does the novel end?

Victor kills the creature in a dramatic duel on the iceVictor dies on Walton's ship, exhausted; the creature appears, mourns his maker, and disappears into the polar night vowing his own destructionThe creature is captured and tried in GenevaVictor returns home, recovers, and lives quietly

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