Vocab Pt. 1
Choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
“I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation.”
A. barrenness
B. activity
C. coldness
A
Choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
“His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism.”
A. arrogance
B. condemnation
C. hostility
A
Where can we find examples of Frankenstein?
A. video games
B. movies
C. scientific discovery
D. all the above
D
Which sentence from Frankenstein most directly references the title character?
A. "Clerval spent the last evening with us.”
B. “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful.”
C. “Before this I was not unacquainted with the more obvious laws of electricity.”
C
Read this passage from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein.
“We were brought up together; there was not quite a year difference in our ages. I need not say that we were strangers to any species of disunion or dispute. Harmony was the soul of our companionship, and the diversity and contrast that subsisted in our characters drew us nearer together.”
The romantic tone of this passage is most typical of which genre of literature?
A. Satirical Fiction
B. Gothic Fiction
C. Science Fiction
B
Choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
“Is it not a duty to the survivors that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief?”
A. creating
B. increasing
C. mocking
B
Choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
"A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy."
A. deteriorating
B. lush
C. young
B
Which literacy device uses objects to represent abstract ideas?
A. personification
B. symbolism
C. apostrophe
B
What is the most likely reason that Mary Shelley does not explicitly describe how the creature in Frankenstein is brought to life?
A. to maintain the tale's plausibility
B. to sustain the reader's interest
C. to preserve the mystery of its creation
A
Read this passage from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein.
“I passed a night of unmingled wretchedness. In the morning I went to the court; my lips and throat were parched. I dared not ask the fatal question, but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit. The ballots had been thrown; they were all black, and Justine was condemned.”
Which of these most accurately describes this narration?
A. First-person (Victor)
B. First-person (the creature)
C. Third-person omniscient (Walton)
A
Choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
“I remembered too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers.”
A. frightened
B. misinformed
C. uncivilized
C
Choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
“I am malicious because I am miserable; am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?”
A. embraced
B. protected
C. avoided
C
Why is the creature rejected by society?
A. His looks
B. His religion
C. His speech
A
Which of the following best supports Victor's role as a sympathetic character in Frankenstein?
A. He had a privileged childhood and was raised by wealthy parents.
B. He made a misguided attempt to accomplish something great.
C. He discovered a new way to create life.
B
For which of these reasons would a reader of Frankenstein most likely find Victor to be a sympathetic character?
A. his empathy for the creature
B. his wealthy background and privileged childhood
C. his misguided attempt to accomplish something great
C
Choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
“I will be cool, persevering, and prudent.”
A. cautious
B. heartless
C. rapid
A
Choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
“I looked upon them as superior beings, who would be the arbiters of my future destiny.”
A. captors
B. heroes
C. judges
C
Read the excerpt from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".
"Fortunately, the books were written in the language, the elements of which I had acquired at the cottage; they consisted of "Paradise Lost", a volume of Plutarch's "Lives", and the "Sorrows of Werter".
This excerpt is an example of which literary device?
A. symbolism
B. allusion
C. metaphor
B
Which excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein most clearly indicates Victor’s emotional state once he has created life?
A. “Nor could I consider the magnitude and complexity of my plan as any argument of its impracticability.”
B. “…the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”
C. “When I found so astonishing a power placed within my hands, I hesitated... concerning the manner in which I should employ it.”
B
Read this exchange between the creature and Victor, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
“‘It is well. I go; but remember, I shall be with you on your wedding-night.’
I started forward and exclaimed, ‘Villain! Before you sign my death-warrant, be sure that you are yourself safe.’”
What sort of revenge does the creature actually intend to take upon Victor?
A. He intends to reveal his existence to Elizabeth.
B. He intends to force Victor to create him a mate.
C. He intends to leave Victor without a mate.
C
Choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
“The pertinacity with which I continually recurred to the same subject persuaded him that my disorder indeed owed its origin to some uncommon and terrible event.”
A. boldness
B. determination
C. forgetfulness
B
Choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
“Omnipotent as the fiend had yet been in his deeds of blood, I should almost regard him as invincible.”
A. almighty
B. unthinkable
C. isolated
A
What is the most likely reason that Mary Shelley entitled her novel Frankenstein?
A. It is a fictional biography of the creature.
B. It is a fictional biography of Victor.
C. It is a historical account of a scientific discovery.
B
Which excerpt from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein most plainly exemplifies a conflict within a character?
A. “You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!”
B. “I imagined that the monster seized me; I struggled furiously and fell down..."
C. “Immense and rugged mountains of ice often barred up my passage...”
C
Despite what is depicted in popular culture, Frankenstein is the name of
A. the creature.
B. the creature’s creator.
C. the ship captain.
B