Frankenstein Unit Test Part 1:
For questions 1 - 10 choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel Frankenstein.
1. "My father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a sea-faring life."
A. command
2. "Such a declaration...would not have exculpated her who suffered through me."
A. acquitted
3. "I remember too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers."
D. uncivilized
4."It would indeed be very impertinent and inhuman in me to trouble you with any inquisitiveness of mine."
C. impolite
5. "The Pertinacity with which I continually recurred to the same subject persuaded him that my disorder indeed owed its to some uncommon and terrible event."
B. determination
6. "His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism."
A. arrogance
7. "I felt the greatest eagerness to hear the promised narrative...partly from a strong desire to ameliorate his fate."
D. improve
8. "I conjectured by his manner that he inquired the cause of his son's sorrow."
C. guessed
9. "Should I by my base desertion leave them exposed and unprotected the malice of the fiend?"
D. wickedness
10. "Their feelings were serene and peaceful, while mine every day became more tumultuous."
D. troubled
11. Which sentence from Frankenstein most directly references the title character?
D. "Before this I was not unacquainted with the more obvious laws of electricity."
12. What is the most likely reason that Mary Shelley entitled her novel Frankenstein?
B. It is a fictional biography of Victor
13. Which of the following best supports Victor's role as a sympathetic character in Frankenstein?
B. He made a misguided attempt to accomplish something great
14. Which excerpt from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein most clearly indicates Victor's emotional state once he has created life?
A. "...The beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart."
15. Which excerpt from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein most plainly exemplifies a conflict between characters?
A. "You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!"
16. "It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs."
The ominous tone of this passage is most typical of which genre of literature?
C. Gothic fiction
17. "Only one dog remained alive; but there was a human being within it whom the sailors were persuading to enter the vessel. He was not, as the other travelers seemed to be, a savage inhabitant of some undiscovered island, but a European."
Which of these most accurately describes this narration?
B. first-person (Robert)
18. "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 are yourself safe.'"
What sort of revenge does the creature actually intend to take upon Victor?
D. He intends to leave Victor without a mate
I hope this helps!
