Chapter 19 Quiz — Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

Comprehension Quiz: Chapter 19

What is Victor's primary reason for meeting distinguished natural philosophers in London?

• To advance his academic career
• To gather information for building a female creature
• To find a cure for an illness
• To impress Henry Clerval

What is Henry Clerval's long-term professional goal mentioned in this chapter?

• To become a professor at Oxford
• To visit India and assist European colonization and trade
• To publish a book of travel writing
• To study medicine in Edinburgh

Which English city does Victor describe as having "ancient and picturesque" colleges and "almost magnificent" streets?

• London
• Windsor
• Oxford
• Derby

True or False: Clerval preferred Edinburgh over Oxford.

• True
• False

What metaphor does Victor use to describe his ruined state while at Oxford?

• A ship lost at sea
• A blasted tree struck by lightning
• A bird with broken wings
• A house burned to ashes

True or False: Victor and Clerval visit the tomb of John Hampden near Oxford.

• True
• False

Why does Victor hasten to leave Matlock?

• The weather turns dangerous
• The name "Chamounix" reminds him of the creature
• Clerval insists on moving north
• He receives an urgent letter from home

Where does Victor establish his laboratory to build the female creature?

• In a remote Scottish highland village
• On one of the remotest Orkney Islands
• In a cave near Edinburgh
• In a farmhouse near Perth

What does the word "irksome" mean as used in the sentence: "Company was irksome to me"?

• Fascinating
• Irritating or tedious
• Comforting
• Unfamiliar

True or False: Victor tells Clerval the real reason he wants to travel through Scotland alone.

• True
• False

How does Victor describe the difference between his first and second experiments?

• The second is easier because he has more experience
• The first was driven by frenzy while the second proceeds in cold blood
• The second uses completely different methods
• The first was done in isolation while the second has witnesses

What does "penury" mean in the phrase "the most miserable penury"?

• Punishment
• Severe poverty
• Loneliness
• Illness

What does Victor fear the creature might do if the female companion is delayed too long?

• Destroy Victor's laboratory
• Return to the Arctic
• Wreak vengeance on Victor's relatives in Switzerland
• Reveal Victor's secret to the authorities

True or False: The inhabitants of the Orkney island show great curiosity about Victor's arrival.

• True
• False

What does "remissness" mean when Victor worries the creature "might expedite my remissness"?

• Forgiveness
• Negligence or lack of attention to duty
• Courage
• Stubbornness

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