Lesson 2.4.1

2.4.1 Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the subtitle of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein?

    • The New Pygmalion
    • The Modern Prometheus
    • The Modern Icarus
    • The Fallen Angel

  2. Which character acts as the frame narrator in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

    • Robert Walton
    • Alphonse Frankenstein
    • Victor Frankenstein
    • Henry Clerval

  3. At which university does Victor Frankenstein study natural philosophy?

    • University of Heidelberg
    • University of Oxford
    • University of Geneva
    • University of Ingolstadt

  4. Which literary work does the Creature read during his secret education at the cottage?

    • Robinson Crusoe
    • Paradise Lost
    • The Divine Comedy
    • The Odyssey

  5. For whose murder is Justine Moritz falsely executed in Frankenstein?

    • William Frankenstein
    • Henry Clerval
    • Elizabeth Lavenza
    • Victor Frankenstein

  6. What does the Creature demand that Victor create for him?

    • An immortal child
    • A younger brother
    • A female companion
    • A servant creature

  7. What does Victor do to the female creature he partially builds?

    • Banishes it
    • Gives it life
    • Completes it
    • Destroys it

  8. Which term best describes Victor's dangerous pursuit of knowledge in Frankenstein?

    • Religious piety
    • Passive compliance
    • Overreaching ambition
    • Stoic indifference

  9. Which literary structure is used to tell Frankenstein through multiple narrators?

    • Frame narrative
    • Stream of consciousness
    • Third-person omniscient
    • Epistolary monologue

  10. Which text most influences the Creature's understanding of his own creation and fall?

    • Plutarch's Lives
    • Ruins of Empires
    • Sorrows of Werther
    • Paradise Lost

  11. What major failure of Victor towards the Creature directly causes the novel's tragedy?

    • Abandonment
    • Financial ruin
    • Overprotection
    • Physical assault

  12. Which aesthetic concept describes the awe-inspiring power of nature in Frankenstein?

    • The picturesque
    • The sublime
    • The mundane
    • The pastoral

  13. What theme does the novel's Gothic setting primarily reinforce?

    • Isolation and guilt
    • Scientific progress
    • Divine forgiveness
    • Social equality

  14. Where does the final confrontation and chase between Victor and the Creature take place?

    • The Alps
    • The Arctic
    • Geneva
    • Ingolstadt

  15. What is Victor's immediate reaction upon bringing his creature to life?

    • Shock and awe
    • Pity and care
    • Horror and rejection
    • Pride and joy

  16. Which character shares Victor's fatal ambition and experiences deep geographical isolation?

    • Henry Clerval
    • Robert Walton
    • Mr De Lacey
    • Alphonse Frankenstein

  17. Which family does the Creature observe in secret to learn language and behaviour?

    • The De Laceys
    • The Frankensteins
    • The Waltons
    • The Kirwins

  18. Who is murdered by the Creature on her wedding night with Victor?

    • Justine Moritz
    • Caroline Beaufort
    • Safie
    • Elizabeth Lavenza

  19. In which year was Frankenstein first published anonymously in London?

    • 1851
    • 1818
    • 1831
    • 1798

  20. Which literary movement heavily influences Frankenstein's focus on intense emotion and sublime nature?

    • Realism
    • Enlightenment rationalism
    • Romanticism
    • Modernism

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