Plot Points
Victor Frankenstein creates his infamous Creature in this location.
A) What is a laboratory in Ingolstadt? B) What is Geneva? C) What is the Arctic? D) What is the De Lacey cottage?
A) What is a laboratory in Ingolstadt?
This scientist is responsible for creating the Creature.
A) Henry Clerval B) Dr Jekyll C) Victor Frankenstein D) Robert Walton
C) Victor Frankenstein
"I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?"
A) Who is Robert Walton? B) Who is Henry Clerval? C) Who is the Creature? D) Who is Victor Frankenstein?
C) Who is the Creature?
Frankenstein is considered part of this literary movement, which emphasized emotion, nature, and individualism.
A) What is Realism? B) What is Modernism? C) What is Romanticism? D) What is Gothic Revival?
C) What is Romanticism?
This theme, seen in Victor’s relentless pursuit of knowledge, warns about the dangers of pushing beyond human limits.
A) What is fate vs. free will? B) What is isolation? C) What is the power of friendship? D) What is the danger of unchecked ambition?
D) What is the danger of unchecked ambition?
After being created, the Creature flees and secretly observes this family, learning human language and emotions.
A) Who are the Waltons? B) Who are the Clervals? C) Who are the Frankensteins? D) Who are the De Laceys?
D) Who are the De Laceys?
This character is Victor Frankenstein’s childhood friend, known for his kindness and loyalty.
A) William Frankenstein B) Henry Clerval C) Robert Walton D) Justine Moritz
B) Henry Clerval
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
A) Who is Victor Frankenstein? B) Who is Elizabeth Lavenza? C) Who is Alphonse Frankenstein? D) Who is the Creature?
D) Who is the Creature?
Romantic writers often celebrated this natural force, which plays a major role in Frankenstein, from the Alps to the Arctic.
A) What is nature? B) What is science? C) What is industrialization? D) What is mythology?
A) What is nature?
The Creature’s loneliness and rejection by society highlight this major theme, which explores the consequences of being cut off from others.
A) What is isolation? B) What is fate vs. free will? C) What is the power of nature? D) What is revenge?
A) What is isolation?
The Creature seeks revenge on Victor by murdering this young family member.
A) Who is Justine Moritz? B) Who is William Frankenstein? C) Who is Henry Clerval? D) Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?
B) Who is William Frankenstein?
This young girl, adopted by the Frankenstein family, is falsely accused of murder.
A) Elizabeth Lavenza B) Safie C) Margaret Saville D) Justine Moritz
D) Justine Moritz
"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change."
A) Who is Robert Walton? B) Who is Justine Moritz? C) Who is Victor Frankenstein? D) Who is Henry Clerval?
C) Who is Victor Frankenstein?
This Romantic idea, which involves the struggle of a brilliant individual against society or fate, is embodied by both Victor Frankenstein and his Creature.
A) What is the noble savage? B) What is realism? C) What is existentialism? D) What is the Byronic hero?
D) What is the Byronic hero?
Victor and the Creature both struggle with this theme, which raises the question of whether people are born evil or shaped by their experiences.
A) What is nature vs. nurture? B) What is scientific progress? C) What is destiny vs. choice? D) What is divine punishment?
A) What is nature vs. nurture?
The Creature demands that Victor create this for him, but Victor ultimately destroys it.
A) What is a new home? B) What is a female companion? C) What is a potion to make him “human”? D) What is a way to kill himself?
B) What is a female companion?
This sea captain rescues Victor Frankenstein and listens to his tragic story.
A) Robert Walton B) Alphonse Frankenstein C) Henry Clerval D) Felix De Lacey
A) Robert Walton
"If our impulses were confined to hunger, thirst, and desire, we might be nearly free; but now we are moved by every wind that blows and a chance word or scene that that word may convey to us."
A) Who is the Creature? B) Who is Victor Frankenstein? C) Who is Elizabeth Lavenza? D) Who is Alphonse Frankenstein?
A) Who is the Creature?
Romanticism often portrayed science as dangerous when it overstepped its bounds. This concept, seen in Frankenstein, warns about the risks of excessive knowledge.
A) What is fate vs. free will? B) What is romantic idealism? C) What is transcendentalism? D) What is the pursuit of forbidden knowledge?
D) What is the pursuit of forbidden knowledge?
The Creature’s demand for a mate and his anger when denied one emphasize this theme, which explores how rejection can lead to vengeance.
A) What is morality? B) What is creation and destruction? C) What is revenge? D) What is fate vs. free will?
C) What is revenge?
Victor chases the Creature to this remote, frozen location for their final confrontation.
A) What is the Swiss Alps? B) What is the Amazon rainforest? C) What is London? D) What is the Arctic?
D) What is the Arctic?
This Turkish merchant is imprisoned for an unjust reason, and his daughter, Safie, later joins Felix in exile.
A) Alphonse Frankenstein B) Waldman C) Justine Moritz’s father D) Mr. De Lacey
D) Mr. De Lacey
"You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been."
A) Who is Robert Walton? B) Who is the Creature? C) Who is Professor Waldman? D) Who is Victor Frankenstein?
D) Who is Victor Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley was influenced by this Romantic poet, who was also her husband and whose works explored themes of nature and human ambition.
A) Who is William Wordsworth? B) Who is Percy Bysshe C) Who is Lord Byron? D) Who is John Keats?
B) Who is Percy Bysshe
The Creature is an artificial being who learns to think and feel, making Frankenstein an early example of this theme, which questions what makes someone truly human.
A) What is the supernatural? B) What is industrial progress? C) What is religious devotion? D) What is the ethics of creation?
D) What is the ethics of creation?