Lesson 2.1.7
2.1.7 Frankenstein – Mary Shelley Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 2
20 questions
In partnership with Revision Ninja
Lesson 2.1.7, Frankenstein – Mary Shelley: 20 multiple choice questions for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Literature (1ET0), Unit 2: Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789, written with Revision Ninja.
Host it live on the board and students join with a game code on their own devices, or revise alone with Free Play. The answers are revealed in the game.
The 20 questions
-
Who wrote Frankenstein?
- Mary Shelley
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Percy Shelley
- Jane Austen
-
Who creates the creature in the novel?
- Henry Clerval
- Alphonse Frankenstein
- Robert Walton
- Victor Frankenstein
-
Who writes the letters that frame the story?
- Robert Walton
- Henry Clerval
- Victor Frankenstein
- Felix De Lacey
-
Where does Victor study science?
- Geneva
- Oxford
- Ingolstadt
- Paris
-
Who becomes the creature's first victim in Frankenstein?
- Alphonse Frankenstein
- Henry Clerval
- Elizabeth Lavenza
- William Frankenstein
-
Who is wrongly executed for William's murder?
- Safie
- Elizabeth Lavenza
- Justine Moritz
- Agatha
-
Who is killed on Victor's wedding night?
- Henry Clerval
- Justine
- Elizabeth
- Safie
-
Which epic poem does the creature read that mirrors his own rejection by his creator?
- The Odyssey
- The Divine Comedy
- The Faerie Queene
- Paradise Lost
-
Why does the creature demand a female companion from Victor?
- To rule Geneva
- To escape loneliness
- To build a fortune
- To conquer humanity
-
What is Victor Frankenstein's most fatal flaw?
- Financial greed
- Physical cowardice
- Irresponsible creation
- Political ambition
-
Why does the creature flee from the De Lacey family?
- Generous welcome
- Sudden fire
- Voluntary exile
- Violent rejection
-
What primary ambition drives Victor's obsession with scientific creation?
- Political power
- Agricultural reform
- Financial wealth
- Conquering death
-
How does the creature communicate when confronting Victor?
- Wild screaming
- Silent gestures
- Eloquent speech
- Written notes
-
What is Captain Walton's primary goal in his letters?
- Reaching the Arctic
- Finding buried treasure
- Mapping the Amazon
- Colonising India
-
What key theme is symbolised by the novel's freezing Arctic setting?
- Industrial progress
- Isolation
- Domestic warmth
- Abundant life
-
Which literary movement heavily influences Shelley's novel?
- Modernism
- Romanticism
- Postmodernism
- Realism
-
What is the famous subtitle of Shelley's novel Frankenstein?
- The Unnatural Birth
- A Tale of Terror
- The Scientific Man
- The Modern Prometheus
-
What structural technique uses stories within stories in the novel?
- Epistolary framing
- Dramatic monologue
- Stream of consciousness
- Linear chronology
-
Whose name appears in the novel's title?
- Victor Frankenstein
- Robert Walton
- Henry Clerval
- The creature
-
What core moral warning does Shelley convey through Victor's fate?
- Unchecked ambition
- Religious devotion
- Strict pacifism
- Total isolation
Related quizzes
- Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë Quiz · 2.1.1 · 20 questions
- Great Expectations – Charles Dickens Quiz · 2.1.2 · 20 questions
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – R L Stevenson Quiz · 2.1.3 · 20 questions
- A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens Quiz · 2.1.4 · 20 questions
- Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen Quiz · 2.1.5 · 20 questions
- Silas Marner – George Eliot Quiz · 2.1.6 · 20 questions
- La Belle Dame Sans Merci: A Ballad – John Keats Quiz · 2.2.1 · 20 questions
- A Child to his Sick Grandfather – Joanna Baillie Quiz · 2.2.2 · 20 questions
- She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron Quiz · 2.2.3 · 20 questions
- A Complaint – William Wordsworth Quiz · 2.2.4 · 20 questions