Author And background
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Who is the main scientist in the story?
Victor Frankenstein
What does Victor create?
Who is Victor's younger brother?
Where does the final chase take place?
In the artic
In what year was Frankenstein published?
1818
Who is Victor's adoptive cousin?
Elizhabet Lavenza
Why does Victor abandon the Creature?
Because he is horrified by its appearance
Who is wrongly accused of William's murder?
Justine Mortiz
What happens to Victor at the end of the story?
How old was Mary Shelley when she started writing Frankenstein?
18 years old
Who is Victor's best friend?
Henry Clerval
How does the Creature learn to speak and read?
By secretly watching Da Lacey Family
What does the Creature ask Victor to make for him?
A Female Companion
How does the Creature feel after Victor's death?
Regretful and sorrowful
What literary genre is Frankenstein famous for helping create?
Sciense Fiction
Who listens to Victor's story in the Arctic?
Robert Walton
What does the Creature want more than anything?
Friendship and acceptance
Why does Victor destroy the second creature?
He fears they could create a race of monsters
Name one major theme of the novel.
Responsibility, ambition, loneliness, rejection, or consequences
What warning does Victor's story give about knowledge and ambition?
That ambition without responsibility can have dangerous consequences.
Who asks Victor to create a female companion?
Why does the Creature become angry and violent?
Because he is constantly rejected by society
What threat does the Creature make to Victor?
I will be with you in your wedding night
Who is more responsible for the tragedy: Victor or the Creature?
Both