Frankenstein Study Guide

What does Frankenstein urge Walton not to allow?

not to let his ambitions/exploration go too far

What does the creature vow about Victor's wedding night?

"'be with [Victor] on [his] wedding night.'" He kills Elizabeth

How many people live in the DeLacey cottage?

4

Frankenstein's fascination with science was first roused by _____.

Alchemy / Natural Philosophy. tree got struck by lighting and only stump stayed.avidly reads all of Agrippa's works, as well as those of his contemporaries, Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus. Victor shares their desire to penetrate the secrets of nature, to search for the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life. The quest for the latter becomes his obsession. Though he acknowledges that such a discovery would bring one great wealth, what Victor really longs for is glory. preoccupied with the question of how one might communicate with or even raise the dead

Who is the captain seeking expedition to the North Pole?

Captain Robert Walton

After the villagers' reaction to the creature, where does he temporarily reside?

He stayed in a lean-to attached to a cottage.

After the creature is given life, Victor dreams of this character___________

Elizabeth Lavenza, he kisses her and she dies.

Who is Safie engaged to?

Felix de Lacey

The crew of the expedition finds Frankenstein _____.

Floating on a piece of ice in the ocean

The Frankenstein family is native to what country?

Geneva Switzerland

Which characters,suffer an untimely demise due to the creature?

He directly kills Henry Clerval, William Frankenstein, and Elizabeth Lavenza. He indirectly kills Justine Moritz and Alphonse & Victor Frankenstein.

Frankenstein fears if the monster's request is fulfilled that _____.

He fears that the monster will return to society, seek its kindness, be rejected, and with his new partner create even more destruction.

In order to gain knowledge for the project, Victor and _____ travel to England.

Henry

Who visits Frankenstein at the University of Ingolstadt?

Henry Clerval

Whose slain body is found in Ireland?

Henry Clerval

Victor receives a letter from ____, which is shared with Clerval, detailing the events in Geneva that William had been murdered.

His father, alphonse

Who is framed for the murder of William?

Justine Moritz

Who encouraged Victor to learn all aspects of science especially chemistry and mathematics?

M. Krempe tells him he has learned the wrong things and that he needed to start over. M. Waldman encouraged him that in addition to studying chemistry he also needed every branch of philosophy including mathematics

What is the name of the captain's sister?

Margaret Walton Saville

Who wrote Frankenstein?

Mary Shelley

"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather thy fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed."

Monster

"I shall relate events that impressed me with feelings which, from what I had been, have made me what I am."

Monster

"What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?"

Robert Walton

The narration and introduction to Frankenstein begins with Letter 1, which is written by _____.

Robert Walton to his sister, Margaret Saville.

The idea of the novel originated from _____

Shelley woke up to bright light and got the idea after being told to write ghost stories.

he creature learns about emotions by reading a book by Goethe called__________________.

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Who visits Frankenstein aboard the ship?

The monster

"My more than sister, since till death she was to be mine only."

Victor Frankenstein

"Remember, I am not recording the vision of a madman."

Victor Frankenstein

While Frankenstein is out of the room on his wedding night, the creature _____.

kills elizabeth

At the age of seventeen, Victor is sent to school in Ingolstadt because his father wants him to learn _____.

he might become worldlier.Victors father believes Victor should study in another country.

How does Frankenstein discover what happened to the creature after it was infused with life and left his lab?

he went to find victor and tell him his story

What is an epistolary novel?

a novel written as a series of documents

The setting of the novel is _____.

begins narrating the story, the setting moves back to the mountains around Ingolstadt, then to Switzerland. France, England, Scotland and then across the Alps to Russia and back to the North Pole. The novel takes place in the late 1700's.

The novel concludes with an ____________ written by the creature.

creator tells about his life

With regards to the creature's mate, what does Frankenstein do?

destroys the body and throws it into the sea

While in pursuit of the creature, both Victor and the creature travel are traveling by what mode of transportation?

dog pull sled

Upon Frankenstein's return from Ireland, he marries ______________.

elizabeth

What happens to Frankenstein after he finishes telling his story to the captain?

he dies

On his wedding night, Why isn't Frankenstein in his room with Elizabeth ?

he is standing guard with a gun because he thinks the monster is coming to kill him

What does the creature learn by reading Milton's Paradise Lost?

the creature comes to have feelings regarding his parallel to Adam.

How does the creature intend to die?

the creature declares that he will kill himself soon and jumps off the ship. jumps from window to iceberg

The explorer and captain of the ship is searching for _____.

the north pole, Find a passage between the Atlantic in the Pacific

Why are the locals of Ireland hostile toward Frankenstein?

there was a dead body found in the village

What does the monster request of Frankenstein?

to make him an ugly women

What are the papers that the creature "discovers" in his pocket?

victor's journal

Frankenstein first began obsessing over life and death due to ____.

wanting to find eternal life