Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley was born in this year (within 10 years OK) and place.
1797, London
What makes this a frame story?
(The start and end with letters of Walton frame the real story)
Which of these does NOT describe his features: lustrous black hair, pearly white teeth, full red lips
The red lips; they are black
Victor’s childhood friend and hiking companion killed by his creature was
(Henry Clerval)
Which character said this: “I had feelings of affection, and they were requited by detestation and scorn.”
The Creation
What is the subtitle of “Frankenstein”
(A Modern Prometheus)
What is the name of the sea captain who befriends Victor in the frame story?
Robert Walton
In what month was the creation finished? It was a dreary night in . . .
November
After Victor languishes for months in prison after Henry’s death, who comes to help him?
Alphonse, his dad
Which character probably should not have asked to wear a miniature that fateful day?
William
When she was just 19 years old, Mary wrote this book on a trip with Lord Byron and this poet
(Percy Shelley)
At the end of the frame story, the reader learns that Victor has shown Robert Walton the letters from these people to help prove the truth of his story
Safie and Felix
Felix, Agatha, their father, and Safie, were all collectively called this by the creature in his narrative.
The Cottagers
What becomes of the female companion Victor partially completed?
(Ripped apart and sunk in the water near the island in Scotland)
Which minor character is Arabian?
Safie
Mary Shelley’s mother was famous for her writings on this topic
(feminism)
In the frame story, to whom is Walton is writing letters?
To his sister, Margaret
Which victims of the Creation are missing in this chain: William, ----------, Henry, ----------------, Alphonse.
Justine, Elizabeth
What dangerous habit does Victor admit to doing each night since his fever?
(Takes Laudanum to cope, then a double dose to sleep)
Which character used “Paradise Lost” as a history book?
The Creation
Shelley includes part of Percy Shelley's poem in chapter 10. What was it called?
Mutability
One of the last things Victor does is give the sailors a talk to keep them from doing this
Mutiny, abandon their mission out of fear, turn back rather than press on
In what way did the Creation tell Robert Walton he would take his own life?
In a funeral pyre, he will burn. His ashes will be swept by the wind into the sea.
What request does Victor make of Robert Walton before he dies?
(That Robert hunt and kill the creature if he can)
Who is referred to in this passage: “That also is my victim! In his murder my crimes are consummated. The miserable series of my being is wound to a close.”
The Creation says it ABOUT VICTOR