Mary Shelley
Victor Frankenstein
The Monster
The Monster
Other Characters
100

Why was her marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley considered scandalous?

He was already married.

100

What event leads Frankenstein to be interested in death - especially the idea that it could be reversed?

His mother's death

100

Provide three details that describe the monster's appearance.

answers may vary: black lips, pearly white teeth, long flowing black hair, 8 feet tall, hideous

100

How does the monster learn about how he was created?

He finds one of Victor's letters in the pocket of the "dress" he took from the lab.

100

Which character is referred to as Victor's "promised gift?"

Elizabeth

200

She is rumored to have learned to write by doing what?

Tracing the letters on her mother's gravestone.

200

What events leads Frankenstein to become interested in galvanism - the animation of objects through electricity?

a thunderstorm

200

What happens when the monster meets the blind man? Be specific.

He pleads his case to the blind man without revealing that his "friends" are in fact the DeLaceys. The blind man is receptive, but the younger DeLaceys return and are horrified. Agatha faints, Safie runs away, and Felix becomes violent with him.

200

What is the monster's diet

Berries, nuts, roots, and occasionally the stolen meal until he learns better...

200

What is the name of Felix's "sweet Arabian?"

Safie

300

What happened to Mary in 1815, which plunged her into depression?

Her baby died.
300

What is the name of the university city where Victor creates the monster?

Ingolstadt

300

Describe the monster's first encounter with humans.

The shepherd runs away from him. Later when he enters a village, people become violent toward him and throw objects at him... he runs away fearfully.

300

How does the monster plan to approach the DeLacey family? What is his plan?

He plans to approach the blind man while the others are away. The blind man will not be startled by the monster's appearance, and through his words he will gain "the goodwill and mediation" of the blind man, who will advocate for him.

300

How does Henry Clerval's father feel about education?

He sees little merit in it, and he initially dissuades Henry from going off to the university. He wants him to be a bookkeeper.

400

What happened to Mary's husband, Percy's, first wife?

She committed suicide.

400

In what city is Victor's home located?

Geneva

400

How does the monster display empathy?

He feels the emotions of the cottagers as he observes them. To ease their suffering, he performs acts of kindness for them, such as chopping firewood and clearing their paths of snow. He stops stealing food from them.

400

After reading Paradise Lost, whom does the monster consider as the "fitter emblem of his condition?"

Satan

400

What disease does Victor's mother die from?

Scarlet Fever

500

What was rumored to be found in her drawer after her death?

Her husband's heart, wrapped in silk with one of her poems.

500

What is Victor doing when he meets Robert Walton for the first time?

He is in the North Pole, pursuing "one who fled from him."

500

What is the name of the mountain where the monster and Victor first meet?

Mont Blanc

500

Name one of the books, besides Paradise Lost, which the monster receives instruction from.

Ruins of Empires, Sorrows of Werter, and Plutarch's Lives

500

What is Victor's father's name?

Alphonse