Frankenstein Volume II

Chapters 1-9 Quiz

1. What ‘sight’ in chapter one helps Victor to forget the passing cares of life?

2. Victor states, “If our impulses were confined to hunger, thirst, and desire, we
might be nearly free” (pg. 111). Do you agree with this statement? What point is
Victor trying to make?

3. What do you think is the importance of the poem excerpt on page 111? What was
Victor’s original ‘dream?’

4. The creature approaches Victor with what kind of speed? How might he possess
such capabilities?

5. At the end of chapter II, Victor finally feels what for the first time? Victor feels he
needs to do what for the monster?

6. The symbol of FIRE is introduced in ch. III (pg 119)—what are the two opposite
effects that fire can produce and what might fire symbolize?

7. In Chapter III, the creature states:

“…the old man took no notice, until she sobbed
audibly…He raised her, and smiled with such
kindness and affection, that I felt sensations of a
peculiar and overpowering nature: they were a
mixture of pain and pleasure, such as I had never
before experienced, either from hunger or cold,
warmth or food; and I withdrew from the window,
unable to bear these emotions” (pgs. 124-125).
What mixture of emotions might the creature be experiencing? Why might he
experience these?

8. The monster sees the poverty of the family in Chapter IV, and he learns what
lesson? What does he do for the family once he learns this lesson?

9. On page 129, what is the ‘Godlike science’ that the monster discovers and
desires to become acquainted with?

10. What are the names of the monsters’ three “protectors?”

11. What other things does the monster do for his protectors? Why does he do
these things?

12. How does the monster imagine he will be received by the family (pg. 133)?
INCLUDE A QUOTE FROM THE CHAPTER!

13. The monster learns an important lesson in Chapter V about human nature as he
learns about history. What is this lesson (pg. 139)?

14. As the monster becomes self-aware, his sorrow increases with knowledge (pg.
140). How does this compare/contrast to Victor’s desire from question #2?

15. What person has been the cause of the family’s ruin?

16. What two characters from Paradise Lost does the monster compare himself to in
Chapter VII? Why might he compare himself to these two?

17. What does the monster find in his coat pocket?

18. What “greater treasures than a little food or rest” in Chapter VII does the
monster desire?

19. The monster experiences a final despair as the De Lacey family shuns him.
What, then, does he decide in Ch. VIII? What does the monster “declare?” INCLUDE
A QUOTE!!

20. The De Lacey family makes what saddening decision? What ‘link’ does this
decision break?

21. What might be symbolic about what the monster does to the De Lacey cottage
once they have departed?

22. What kind act does the monster perform and how is he rewarded? What does
this do to him? What does he vow?

23. By causing the death of William, the monster claims that he, too, can create
what? Why might this make him happy, and compare this to what he feels Victor
has done to him?
24. What request does the monster have for Victor?

25. The monster states in Chapter IX that “hatred and vice must be my portion…”
and this will only be broken by what?

26. What does Victor decide to do about the monster’s request?