Chapter 18 Quiz — Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

Comprehension Quiz: Chapter 18

Why does Victor delay beginning the creation of the female creature?

• He lacks the necessary materials
• He feels repugnance toward the task and needs English research
• Elizabeth forbids him from working
• The monster has withdrawn his demand

What concern does Alphonse raise with Victor in their private conversation?

• He fears Victor is secretly ill
• He worries Victor may not truly love Elizabeth or may love another woman
• He suspects Victor is creating another creature
• He believes Victor is planning to leave Geneva permanently

Why does the idea of an immediate marriage fill Victor with horror?

• He does not love Elizabeth
• He has fallen in love with someone in England
• He must fulfill his promise to the creature before he can marry
• His father has forbidden the marriage until Victor finishes his studies

Victor tells his father the true reason he wants to travel to England.

• True
• False

Who arranges for Clerval to join Victor on his journey?

• Victor himself
• Elizabeth alone
• Alphonse, in concert with Elizabeth
• Henry Clerval volunteers independently

Victor and his family agree that his marriage to Elizabeth will take place immediately upon his return from England.

• True
• False

What does Victor secretly order to be packed for the journey?

• Love letters from Elizabeth
• His father's journals
• His chemical instruments
• The creature's original notes

How does Clerval react to the scenery during the Rhine journey?

• He is indifferent and focused on business
• He is alive to every new scene and full of joy
• He shares Victor's gloomy mood
• He is frightened by the ruined castles

What does the word "repugnance" mean as used in "I was unable to overcome my repugnance to the task"?

• Curiosity
• Intense disgust or aversion
• Enthusiasm
• Indifference

What does "dilatory" mean in the phrase "The latter method of obtaining the desired intelligence was dilatory and unsatisfactory"?

• Exciting and promising
• Slow to act; causing delay
• Dangerous and reckless
• Inexpensive and practical

Which poet is quoted in Chapter 18 to describe Clerval's love of nature?

• Lord Byron
• Percy Bysshe Shelley
• William Wordsworth
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Victor finds lasting peace and happiness during the Rhine journey.

• True
• False

What literary device is used when Victor writes "And where does he now exist? Is this gentle and lovely being lost forever?" about Clerval?

• Simile
• Foreshadowing
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia

What is Victor's route from Strasbourg to London?

• Overland through Paris
• Down the Rhine to Rotterdam, then by sea to London
• Across the Alps to Italy, then by ship
• Through Switzerland to Marseille, then by sea

What does "enfranchised" mean in "enfranchised from my miserable slavery"?

• Trapped within
• Set free or liberated
• Punished for
• Enriched by

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