Letters
What is the name of the poem referenced in the letters?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Who is writing the letters? Who are they writing them to? (I want their actual names)
Robert Walton, Magaret Saville
Alchemy made significant contributions to what area of science?
Chemistry
Who does Victor see in his dream after he creates his monster?
Elizabeth
What is the name of the intellectual movement popular in the 17-1800's which emphasizes the power of emotion, nature, and imagination?
romanticism
What animal (specific) does the sailor kill in the poem?
An albatross
Where does the person receiving the letters live?
England
What is the name of the first alchemist that Victor ever read? (Both first and last name)
Cornelius Agrippa
Which professor is very supportive of Victor when he goes to University?
M. Waldman
Who does the book's author marry?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Where is the author of the letters in letter 1? (country and city)
St. Petersburg, Russia
In the poem referenced in the letters, the sailors life and soul are won by a supernatural deity called what?
In what country does the Frankenstein family find Elizabeth?
Italy
Where does Victor go to University?
Ingolstadt or Germany are acceptable
Last semester we read a poem written by the husband of the author of Frankenstein, this poem discusses the idea of the impermanence of one's achievements. What is the name of that poem?
Ozymandias
In what month does the author of the letters meet Victor?
August
In what month did Victory complete his creation?
November (see page 34)
Before going to University, where was Victor educated?
Geneva
What are the two main goals of alchemy?
The philosophers stone and elixir of life (turning things to gold and immortality)
How many named character's have we been introduced to so far in the book? (including side characters)
Note: I am including victor's father in this count even though we do not yet know his first name.
14
victor, caroline, elizabeth, m. krempe, m. waldman, robert, margaret, henry, william, justine moritz, madame moritz, beaufort, ernest, victor's dad
Who wrote the poem that Victor Frankenstein quotes in chapter 5 when fleeing his monster?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge