Walton Quiz — Frankenstein

What evidence convinces Walton that Victor's story is true?

• Victor's passionate delivery
• The letters of Felix and Safie, and seeing the Creature from the ship
• The scars on Victor's body
• A written confession from the Creature

Why does Victor refuse to share the details of how he created the Creature?

• He has forgotten the process
• He fears someone might replicate his work and create another monster
• He is too weak to speak about it
• He promised the Creature he would keep it secret

Victor successfully convinces the sailors to continue the Arctic expedition.

To whom does Victor compare himself when reflecting on his fall from greatness?

• Prometheus
• An archangel chained in an eternal hell
• Odysseus
• King Lear

The Creature's death by self-immolation is directly witnessed and confirmed by Walton.

What is Victor's dying advice to Walton?

• Pursue the Creature at all costs
• Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition
• Return to Geneva and warn others
• Publish his story immediately

What does the word "contumely" mean as used in the Creature's speech?

• Physical violence
• Insulting language or scornful rudeness
• Generous hospitality
• Quiet indifference

What prevents Walton from fulfilling Victor's dying request to destroy the Creature?

• The Creature escapes before Walton can act
• Walton feels a mixture of curiosity and compassion
• The sailors restrain Walton
• Walton does not believe the Creature is dangerous

Victor corrected and augmented Walton's written notes of his story.

According to the Creature, what drove him to become evil?

• An innate desire for destruction
• Victor's failed experiment left him mentally unstable
• Universal rejection and the denial of love and fellowship
• Instructions from a supernatural force

In the sentence "We were immured in ice," what does "immured" mean?

• Protected by
• Enclosed or imprisoned within
• Surrounded but safe from
• Gradually melting through

What does the Creature plan to do with his remains?

• Bury himself at sea
• Burn himself on a funeral pyre so no one can study his body
• Return to Victor's laboratory
• Allow Walton to preserve his body for science

Victor expresses complete remorse and takes full responsibility for the Creature's actions on his deathbed.