Frankenstein, or a Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
Each of these questions are based on Frankenstein that we have just finished reading. They assess your understanding of being able to choose answers that provide proof and justification for your answer.
Justine's role in the Frankenstein family is that she is a servant in the household, but treated as a family member. Which of the following statements is proof that this is true?
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Justine is considered a burden in the family.
Elizabeth says even though Justine is not blood, she is a sister to her.
Justine is a cousin who comes to help the family take care of the children.
Justine is engaged to marry a young Englishman in the area.
2. Throughout the novel, Victor is often in a moral struggle or dilemma. Which of the following quotes shows Victor's moral struggle?
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"I found myself fettered again to grief and indulging in all the misery of reflection weighed down by horror and despair."
"I ardently desired the acquisition of knowledge."
"I determined to go without a guide, for I was well acquainted with the path, and the presence of another would destroy the solitary grandeur of the scene."
"We entered the hut... I with a heavy heart and depressed spirits. But I consented to listen."
3. Victor becomes severely sick after creating the monster. Which of the following statements best illustrates his sickness?
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"I had conceived a violent antipathy (hatred) even to the name of natural philosophy."
"One of my first duties after recovery was to introduce Clerval to the several professors of the university."
"I wrote (a letter), and this exertion greatly fatigued me."
"'Dear, dear Elizabeth!' I exclaimed, when I had read her letter."
4. Victor does not confess that he believes the monster killed William because he believes people will think he is crazy and not believe him. Which of the following statements illustrates Victor's reasoning for not confessing?
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"Such declarations would have been considered as the ravings of a madman..."
"Justine also was a girl of merit and possessed qualities which promised to render her life happy."
"Now all [her future] was to be obliterated in an ignominious grave, and I the cause!"
"It was decided whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow beings..."
5. Justine confesses to the murder of William because a priest urged her to so that she could be released from guilt in God's eyes. However, her lie makes her feel even worse. Which of the following statements proves that Justine was encouraged to make a false confession?
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"Why do you kneel, if you are innocent?"
"I am not one of your enemies, I believed you guiltless..."
"Her voice was suffocated with sobs."
"I confessed, that I might obtain absolution; but now that falsehood lies heavier at my heart than all my other sins."