Duplicate of Frankenstein Review Volume 1

Question 1

How did Mary Shelley first devise the concept of the novel Frankenstein?

Accepted Answer

A scary story contest

Question 2

What is Victor's mother's dying wish?

Accepted Answer

Victory marry Elizabeth

Question 3

What was the name of Frankenstein's boyhood friend?

Accepted Answer

Henry Clerval

Question 4

Which literary term describes a story told within another story?

Accepted Answer

frame tale

Question 5

Who goes on trial for the murder of William?

Accepted Answer

Justine

Question 6

Frankenstein begins with a narration by which character?

Accepted Answer

Robert Walton

Question 7

What subject does Victor become obsessed with at a young age?

Accepted Answer

natural philosophy

Question 8

How does Victor react when his creation comes to life?

Accepted Answer

He's disgusted and horrified

Question 9

What is the subtitle of the novel?

Accepted Answer

The Modern Prometheus

Question 10

Hubris refers to which concept?

Accepted Answer

Defying the gods

Question 11

Which term refers to a novel written in the form of letters?

Accepted Answer

epistolary novels

Question 12

Which literary term describes a story told within another story?

Accepted Answer

frame tale

Question 13

Where is Robert Walton sailing to at the beginning of the novel?

Accepted Answer

The North Pole

Question 14

Which of the following is a central theme of the novel?

Accepted Answer

The dangers of striving for too much

Question 15

Walton and Victor are most guilty of which moral lapse?

Accepted Answer

Over-ambition

Question 16

Who does Walton rescue and restore to health?

Accepted Answer

Victor

Questions 16