The Novel- Random Book Facks
The Creature
The Doctor
Meet the Frankensteins
Literary Technique
100
The author of the novel and year it was published.
Who is Mary Shelley and 1818
100
Who is the creature's first victim?
Who is William Frankenstein?
100
Victor's best childhood friend?
Who is Henry Clerval?
100
What is the name of Victor's crush/sweet adopted cousin?
Elizabeth....gross
100
What unique narrative style is Frankenstein told through?
A Frame Narrative
200
To whom Victor Frankenstein tells his entire life story?
Who is Robert Walton?
200
The length of time it takes Victor Frankenstein to complete the creature.
What is nearly two years?
200
What university did Victor Frankenstein attend and how old was he?
Ingolstadt and age 17
200
Frankenstein becomes obsessed with alchemy and this type of pseudo-scientific procedure which he uses to animate dead tissue.
Galvanism
200
Define Foreshadowing. What is the purpose of including this within a novel?
Hints/Clues that suggest events that will happen later in the text. Adds suspense and drama to a story.
300
The handicap the DeLacy father suffers from.
What is Blindness
300
***Double Jeopardy*** While the monster has only directly murdered one person thus far....how many do you predict he will kill?
Three!
300
Victor is an example of what certain kind of "hero" made popular by the Romantic movement?
What is Byronic or Anti-Hero?
300
What does Victor's mother die of?
Scarlet Fever
300
Anything the narrator/author tells you about a character is what kind of characterization (Direct/Indirect)
Direct characterization
400
The country in which Victor Frankenstein goes to school
Where is Germany?
400
How does the creature show that he is capable of learning?
Being able to read, write, and speak "man-talk"
400
What city was Victor Frankenstein born in?
Naples
400
How many brothers does Victor have? Name them for double points
Two; William and Ernest
400
Define an Allusion.
Reference made to another piece of literature, art, or culture.
500
What is Victor Frankenstein doing when we first meet him in the novel?
What is drifting on the ice in the Arctic waters of Alaska?
500
How does the creature know that Victor Frankenstein is his creator?
By reading Victor's notes
500
What must Victor do in order to prevent the monster from harming anyone else?
Create a female monster (oooo lalaa)
500
Where does the Frankenstein family live?
Geneva
500
What do we call a story which ends with something being broken beyond repair and/or lost forever?
A Tragedy
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