Quiz on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Who was Mary Shelley's mother?

• Lord Byron

• Margaret Saville

• Elizabeth Shelley

• Mary Wollstonecraft

What year was Frankenstein published?

• 1818

• 1822

• 1814

• 1816

What is the name of the explorer in Frankenstein?

• Victor Frankenstein

• Robert Walton

• Percy Shelley

• Lord Byron

What tragic event happens to Victor Frankenstein's wife?

• She leaves him

• She becomes ill

• She drowns at sea

• She is killed by the creature

What literary form is Frankenstein written in?

• Epilogue

• Poetry

• Epistolary

• Epilogue

Which myth is significant to the themes in Frankenstein?

• The myth of Medusa

• The myth of Odysseus

• The myth of Prometheus

• The myth of Hercules

What scientific concept influenced Mary Shelley's writing of Frankenstein?

• Genetics

• Relativity

• Galvanism

• Quantum mechanics

What does the creature in Frankenstein symbolize?

• Divine authority

• The ideal man

• Natural beauty

• Societal rejection

What is a major theme explored in Frankenstein?

• The beauty of nature

• The power of love

• The quest for forbidden knowledge

• The importance of friendship

Who were Mary Shelley's parents?

• Victor Frankenstein and Elizabeth

• Robert Walton and Lord Byron

• Samuel Coleridge and Percy Shelley

• William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft