Chapter 11 Quiz — Frankenstein

Where does the Creature first take shelter after leaving Victor's apartment?

• A shepherd's hut
• The forest near Ingolstadt
• A village cottage
• A cave in the mountains

How does the Creature discover fire?

• He creates it by rubbing sticks together
• Lightning strikes a tree near him
• He finds an abandoned campfire left by beggars
• Victor leaves him a tinderbox

What lesson does the Creature learn when he thrusts his hand into the fire?

• That fire can be used to cook food
• That the same cause can produce opposite effects — warmth and pain
• That fire requires wood to keep burning
• That wet wood will not ignite

The Creature successfully learns how to reproduce fire on his own before leaving the forest.

What does the Creature compare the shepherd's hut to?

• The Garden of Eden
• Pandemonium from Paradise Lost
• A church sanctuary
• Victor's laboratory

The old shepherd welcomes the Creature into his hut and shares his breakfast.

What happens when the Creature enters the village?

• He is welcomed by curious children
• He is attacked with stones and driven out
• He hides successfully and steals food
• A kind woman offers him shelter

What does "purloined" mean as used in: "a loaf of coarse bread, which I purloined"?

• Purchased
• Stolen
• Baked
• Discovered

What keeps the Creature's hovel tolerably warm?

• A fire he builds inside it
• Thick wooden walls
• Its proximity to the cottage chimney
• Straw insulation on all sides

The Creature observes the old cottager playing a musical instrument that produces beautiful sounds.

What does "despondence" mean as used in: "whose countenance expressed a deeper despondence"?

• Anger and hostility
• Physical exhaustion
• Low spirits and loss of hope
• Deep concentration

What does the Creature feel when he watches the old man comfort the weeping young woman?

• Jealousy and resentment
• Indifference
• A mixture of pain and pleasure he had never experienced before
• Fear that they will discover him

The Creature attempts to imitate birdsong but frightens himself with the sounds he produces.

What activity does the young man perform in the evening that the Creature does not yet understand?

• Playing a musical instrument
• Writing in a journal
• Reading aloud
• Praying

What does "assuage" mean as used in: "a few acorns to assuage the pangs of hunger"?

• Intensify
• Relieve or ease
• Ignore
• Cause