Frankenstein Character Test

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The passage provides a characterization test on the novel Frankenstein, exploring themes like isolation, humanity/inhumanity, and scientific advancement.

The passage is a characterization test on Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, asking multiple choice and matching questions about characters and events in the novel.

Some of the themes explored in the passage and novel include isolation, humanity/inhumanity, the dangers of scientific advancement, and man playing God.

Frankenstein Characterization Test

Name___________________________ Date_________________

Part One: Multiple Choice (10 pts.)

1. What words would best describe Elizabeth?


a. Seductive, sensual, violent
b. Intellectual, heroic, suave
c. Passive, loyal, patient
d. Active, independent, creative
2. Who dismisses Victor’s interest in alchemy?
a. Waldman
b. Krempe
c. Clerval
d. Alphonse
3. What does the monster hope will be the DeLacey family’s reaction to him?
a. They will worship him as a god.
b. They will adopt him.
c. They will become his friends.
d. They will seek his advice.
4. What is Victor’s motive to comply and listen to his creation?
a. He felt a sense of duty to render happiness to his creation.
b. The Creature would leave.
c. Victor could return to college.
d. His professors would think he is a hero.
5. How does William die?
a. Stabbed
b. Beheaded
c. Strangled
d. Shot
Part Two: Matching (20 pts.)

Directions: Match the character to his/her quote. Place the letter on the line under the
character’s name.

Victor Frankenstein A.
____ “If she is, God forbid that she should suffer as
guilty. She is to be tried today, and I hope, I
sincerely hope, that she will be acquitted.”

Justine Moritz B.
_____ “I can offer you no consolation, my friend,
your disaster is irreparable. What do you
intend to do?

Henry Clerval C.
_____ “Begone! I will not hear you. There can be no
community between you and me; we are
enemies. Begone, or let us try our strength in
a fight, in which one must fall!

The Creature D.
_____ “What could I do? In an evil hour I subscribed
to a lie; and now only am I truly miserable.”

Alphonse Frankenstein E.
_____ “Here then, I retreated and lay down happy to
have found a shelter, however miserable,
from the inclemency of the season, and still
more from the barbarity of man.”
Part Two and Half: Matching (10 pts.)

Directions: Match the trait of Romanticism to a quote from the novel that fits the trait. For full
credit, underline or highlight a phrase or word in the quote that highlights why you matched it
with its trait.

_____ Glorification of Nature A.


“I was troubled; a mist came over my eyes,
and I felt a faintness seize me; but I was
quickly restored by the cold gale of the
mountains.”

_____ Awareness and Acceptance of B.


Emotions “The immense mountains and precipices
that overhung me on every side, the sound of
the river raging among the rocks, and the
dashing of the waterfalls around spoke of a
power might as Omnipotence. . .”

_____ Themes of Solitude C.


“Nothing is more painful to the human mind
than, after the feelings have been worked up
by a quick succession of events, the dead
calmness of inaction and uncertainty which
follows and deprives the soul both of hope
and fear.”

_____ Spiritual and Supernatural Elements D.


“I am full of fears, for if I fail there, I am an
outcast in the world forever.”

_____ Vivid Sensory Descriptions E.


“A flash of lightning illuminated the object
and discovered its shape plainly to me; its
gigantic stature, and the deformity of its
aspect, more hideous than belongs to
humanity, instantly informed me that it was
the wretch, the filthy demon to whom I had
given life.”
Part Three: Open-Ended (10 pts.)

1. Explain how Victor Frankenstein fits the traits of the Byronic Hero. Name at
least three traits of the Byronic Hero. (5 pts.)

2. Pick one. (5 pts.)


i. How is Victor Frankenstein a foil to Robert Walton?
ii. How is Victor Frankenstein a foil to the Creature?

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