Frankenstein Recap 1 (Vol. 1, Part I)

Who is the original author of Frankenstein?

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• Mary Shelley

• Lord Byron

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Who was Mary Shelley's father? (Note: famous political philosopher.)

• William Shakespeare

• William Godwin

• William Blake

• William Wordsworth

Who was Mary Shelley's mother? (Note: famous feminist figure.)

• Mary Todd Lincoln

• Mary Magdalene

• Mary of Teck

• Mary Wollstonecraft

What does Romanticism emphasize?

• Logic

• Reasoning

• Emotion and feeling

• Physical materialism

What did Romantics reject?

• Nature

• Death

• Medicine

• Industrialization

Which of these is NOT an aspect of Gothic literature?

• Ominous setting

• Supernatural beings

• Foreshadowing, tension, and suspense

• A strong, independent female figure

The idea that scientists could use electricity to stimulate or restart life is called ... (Note: one word answer)

What is Robert Walton doing when he is introduced at the beginning?

• Journeying to the North Pole

• Writing letters to his father

• Bringing his mother back to life

• Electrocuting dead frogs

What motivates Walton in venturing to the North Pole?

• Love

• Hope

• Ambition

• Fear

What Coleridge poem is referenced in Walton's second letter?

• Frost at Midnight

• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

• Kubla Khan

• Christabel