Questions on Chapter 1
What is Victor's location at the start of Chapter 1.
Geneva
In the Beginning of the chapter, What city does Victor and Clerval live in for months?
London
What is the definition of the word "Gaunt" on page 168?
lean/skinny
Where did Victor pass his time in solitude?
On the lake.
How many huts were on Orkney?
Three
What is the definition of "rendezvous" on page 167?
A meeting
What is the contrast between Clerval and Victor?
Clerval is alive and happy and Victor is miserable.
What time of day did Victor work on his creature?
What is the definition of the word laborious on page 155?
requires lost of effort and time
What poet is quoted in chapter 1.
Wordsworth
What work does Victor call, "torture of single drops of water continually falling on the head."
Collecting the parts for his new creature.
what is the definition of penury on page 168?
extreme poverty
Why is Victor's future marriage to Elizabeth filled with horror?
He hasn't fulfilled his promise to the monster.
What changed in Victor during his work on the second creation?
He got sick.
what is the definition of ennui on page 165?
a fleeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction