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60 Cards in this Set
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What is Victor's home city and country?
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Geneva, Switzerland
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Describe in 2-3 sentences how Victor's father met his mother. (Include their names.)
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Victor's father was a good friend of Beaufort, who was Caroline's father. When Beaufort died, Victor's father came to comfort Caroline and she became Victor's mother.
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How did Elizabeth come to be in the family?
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Victor's mother saw her being cared for by a peasant family, they were her foster parents, so Caroline offered to care for the girl.
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Who is Victor's best friend?
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Henry Clerval
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What was Victor's favorite study?
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metaphysical, or the physical secrets of the world
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Give 2 examples of foreshadowing.
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1. He says that misfortune taints his mind and bright visions get changed into gloomy reflections upon self. Aftertale of misery?
2. There is a miraculous change of inclination destiny had decreed my instruction. |
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Name the 3 philosophers Victor studied.
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Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Albertus Magnus
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What does Victor hope his studies will allow him to accomplish?
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Glory, by banishing disease from the human frame.
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What was the cause of Caroline's death?
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She caught Scarlet Fever from Elizabeth
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Where did Victor go to study at age 18?
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Ingolstadt
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Who were Victor's two main professors?
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M. Krempe and M. Waldman
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Which professor most impacted Victor and why?
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M. Waldman, he lectured the "words of fate". He believed that he possessed a natural talent.
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What new area of study fascinates Victor?
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electricity and galvanism
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At the beginning of chapter 4, how many years had Victor been at Ingolstadt?
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2
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What question does Victor hope to fine the answer to?
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When does the principle of life proceed?
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What unusual place does Victor study?
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In burial tombs, he studies how the human bodies decay.
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What discovery does Victor make?
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How to create life/ How to cause life in something that is lifeless.
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What is the moral of the story?
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The aquirement of too much knowledge and we will be happier not knowing
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What line suggests Victor's pride?
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"A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me."
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How does Victor describe his contacts with friends?
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He forgot about them and lost contact with them
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What word describes the result of his experiment?
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catastrophe
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To what poem does Victor allude?
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Who comes to visit him at Ingolstadt?
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Henry Clerval
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Who is Justine Moritz?
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A servant and a family friend
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Of what crime was Justine accused?
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William's murder
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What evidence makes her appear guilty?
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The locket that William had with him at the time of his disappearance
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Why does Justine confess?
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She thinks it will save her life
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Describe Victor's feelings about William and Justine's death.
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He blames himself
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What is the purpose of Victor's journey?
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to forget his sorrows
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Who does Victor encounter?
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the monster
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What does the creature ask of Victor?
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to listen to his tale
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Who is speaking in ch. 11?
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the creature
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What kind of shelter does the monster fine?
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a shed attached to a cottage
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Who are the three people living in the cottage?
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Delacey (blind), Agatha, Felix
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What skill does the old man have that the creature admires?
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plays the guitar
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Why do the cottagers refer to the creature as the good spirit?
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he secretly does their chores and provides them with things that they need
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Who arrives at the cottage?
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Felix's arabian girlfriend, Safie
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What skills does the moster learn?
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he learns to speak and read
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What are the 3 books?
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Paradise Lost, Plutarch's Lives, and the Sorrows of Werter
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What does the creature find in the pocket of the jacket that he takes from Frankenstein?
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a journal
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After seeing the creature, what do the cottagers do?
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move out
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What does the monster do to the cottage?
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burns it down
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Where does the monster decide to go?
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Geneva
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What acto fo kindness does the monster perform on the way to Geneva and how is he repaid?
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He saves a woman from drowning and then is shot
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What does the monster ask Victor to do?
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Make him a companion
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What is Victor's answer to the monster's question?
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No at first, and the yes
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What does Victor's faterh propose?
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that Victor & Elizabeth marry
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Where does Victor decide to go?
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England
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Who will travel with Victor?
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Henry Clerval
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Who's death is foreshadowed?
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Henry Clerval
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In what town and country do Henry and Victor end up?
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Edinburg, Scotland, they separate here
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Where does Victor go to create the woman creature?
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the Orkney Islands
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What does Victor do to the female he creates?
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He tears it to pieces and the monster watches
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What promise does the monster make to Victor?
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He will be with Victor on his wedding night
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What does Victor do with the remains of the female creature?
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Puts them in a basket, and throws them in the sea
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In what situation does Victor find himself?
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He is lost at sea
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Where does Victor's boat land?
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the coast of Ireland
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What horrible news does Victor receive when he lands in Ireland?
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Henry has been murdered and Victor is accused
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Who comes to see Victor in prison?
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his father
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What is the outcome of the trial?
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Victor is found innocent
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