British History
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Who is writing the opening letters?
R. Walton
Who is Henry to Victor?
his closest friend
What was Frankenstein's hope when creating the monster?
That he would love him like a son loves his father.
How did Victor know that the monster was the one who killed his brother?
When he went home he saw the monster's in the woods when the lighting storm happened, standing where the murder happened.
How did the novel Frankenstein come to be?
Mary Shelley had a dream about it and then was competing with friends in ghost stories and started the tale she had dreamt about.
At the beginning of the last letter, what was the strange thing the men had seen?
a giant man on a dog sled
What event encouraged curiosity in Victor about Nature and science?
Lightening striking a tree
How did Victor live while he was creating the monster?
Why can't Victor tell anyone who really killed his younger brother?
Because no one would believe he created a monster from dead body parts and/or they would know what he did.
Which event caused many British citizens to lose sympathy for the French Revolution?
The execution of French aristocrats during the Reign of Terror
Why does the man writing the letters like the man that has joined them on the ship?
He has a story and can be a friend.
Who does Victor’s mother hope he will marry?
Elizabeth (his "adopted sister")
What did the monster look like?
Tall, black, shiny hair, white teeth with black lips and yellow eyes with skin that pretty much matched.
The people that lived in the cottage that he enjoyed learning from and watching and how are they related to one another?
Agatha, Felix and the old man. Sister, brother and father.
Which factor contributed most directly to the Luddite Riots?
Loss of factory jobs due to advances in technology
Who is the man telling the story in the opening letters?
Victor Frankentstein
How did Victor's mother die?
Polio
How did Victor react to the monster when he was finished creating him?
He was horrified, ran away and hid from him.
What did the monster say to Victor on the mountain top when they encounter for the first time.
Romantic writers valued —
emotion over reason
What was the purpose of Mary Shelley putting in the opening letters at the beginning of the novel?
To make the story believable which makes it scarier.
What were Victor’s parents like?
Well known and loved
Finish the quote from Victor "To study life is also to study ________."
Death
How did the monster learn to read and write?
By watching Salfie learn to speak English from the tutor.