Chapter 3 Quiz — Frankenstein

How does Victor's mother, Caroline, contract scarlet fever?

• She catches it from a stranger while traveling
• She nurses Elizabeth through the illness despite warnings
• She is infected during a visit to the university
• She catches it from Victor before his departure

What is Caroline Frankenstein's dying wish?

• That Victor abandon his scientific studies
• That Victor and Elizabeth marry
• That Elizabeth return to her birth family
• That Henry Clerval accompany Victor to university

Why is Henry Clerval unable to accompany Victor to Ingolstadt?

• He is too grief-stricken by Caroline's death
• He has already enrolled at a different university
• His father refuses, seeing education as leading to idleness and ruin
• He must stay to care for Elizabeth

What is M. Krempe's reaction when Victor mentions studying Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus?

• He praises Victor for his broad reading
• He is indifferent and changes the subject
• He ridicules Victor, calling the study of those authors a complete waste of time
• He admits he once studied them too

How does M. Waldman differ from M. Krempe in his view of the ancient alchemists?

• Waldman also dismisses them as frauds
• Waldman respects their contributions as foundations of modern knowledge
• Waldman has never heard of them
• Waldman believes they were superior to modern scientists

What does Victor call the force that led him to M. Krempe?

• Divine providence
• Pure coincidence
• The Angel of Destruction
• The hand of fate

According to Waldman's lecture, what have modern scientists achieved?

• They have discovered the elixir of life
• They have transmuted metals into gold
• They have acquired almost unlimited powers and can command the thunders of heaven
• They have proven the ancient alchemists were correct

What does Victor resolve after hearing Waldman's lecture?

• To return home to Geneva immediately
• To study only chemistry and nothing else
• To pioneer a new way and unfold the deepest mysteries of creation
• To follow in the exact footsteps of Cornelius Agrippa

Did Victor feel enthusiastic about studying under M. Krempe after their first meeting?

Did Victor visit M. Waldman privately after attending his lecture?

In the sentence "her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper," what does "malignity" mean?

• Mildness or harmlessness
• Intense harmfulness or virulence
• Mysteriousness or obscurity
• Duration or persistence

When Victor says he was required to "exchange chimeras of boundless grandeur for realities of little worth," what does "chimeras" mean?

• Scientific instruments
• Ancient textbooks
• Wildly fanciful or impossible ideas
• Chemical compounds

What does "panegyric" mean in the phrase "he concluded with a panegyric upon modern chemistry"?

• A harsh criticism
• A brief summary
• A formal speech of elaborate praise
• A scientific demonstration