Victor
Walton
Mary Shelley
Class Concepts
Vocab Words
100

The number of sled dogs Victor had left before Walton rescued him.

What is "one"?

100

Where is Walton headed on his journey?

What is "The North Pole"?

100

The themes of mortality, resurrection, and nature in Frankenstein likely come from Mary Shelley’s personal brush with ________.

What is "death"?

100

Frankenstein’s subtitle reads: “The Modern __________.” (Greek Myth)

What is "Prometheus"?

100

Folly

What is "foolishness"?

200

Victor’s best friend.

Who is "Henry Clerval"?

200

The amount of time Walton has been on his journey.

What is "six years"?

200

Mary Shelley and Percy Shelley's ages when they first met.

What is "16 & 21"?

200

Frankenstein is an “embedded narrative”, which means it’s a story within another ___________.

What is "story"?

200

Ameliorate

What is "to better"?

300

Victor’s mother’s dying wish was a little weird, since it was… 

What is "marrying your adopted sister"?

300

Walton’s sister’s name.

Margaret

300

One of Mary Shelley’s parents’ professions. 

What is "author" or "professor"?

300

Fill-in-the-blank: “The end justifies the __________.”

What is "Means"?

300

Plaited

What is "braided"?

400

The profession Victor was studying to pursue when he began constructing the creature.

What is a "doctor"?

400

The thing Walton wants more than anything on his journey.

What is "a friend"?

400

Describe Mary Shelley’s education.

What is "informal", "self-led", and/or "listening to her father’s lessons"?

400

An allusion

What is "a reference in a literary work to another literary/artistic work"?

400

Charnel-house 

What is "a morgue"?

500

The reason Victor decides to tell Walton his story.

What is "a cautionary tale" and/or "to warn Victor about the dangers of his ambition"?

500

The reason Walton has trouble befriending his lieutenant.

What is "he is a man of few words and the two cannot communicate effectively"?

500

The context behind Mary Shelley actually sitting down to write Frankenstein?

What is a "ghost story writing challenge w/ Percy Shelley & Lord Byron"?

500

Two relevant themes  from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”.

What is "(any two of the following: groupthink/peer pressure, curses, luck, disaster, and storytelling)"

500

Chamois

What is a "European mountain goat"?

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