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.
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."