Frankenstein Reading Packet and Study Guide (100 points, homework grade and 100 points, test grade) You are responsible for reading Frankenstein in class during silent reading time and at home. Make sure you stick to this reading schedule: Reading Quiz Date* Chapters to be Completed April 27, 2017 Letters Chapter 5 (p. 1-39) May 4, 2017 Chapters 6 12 (p. 40-81) May 11, 2017 Chapters 13 20 (p. 81-127) May 18, 2017 Chapters 21 End (p. 128-166) *Please note that you will take your quizzes first thing on the date assigned. You will not be able to read before the quiz that day. Complete each activity as instructed. You will turn in this packet periodically for a homework grade, and then you will turn the entire packet in when you are done reading for a test grade.
Compare and Contrast: Victor and the Creature (complete as you read throughout the entire novel)
Letters Chapter 5 1. Who is writing the letters, and who is he writing to? 2. What is it that the author of the letters wants the most? 3. Where does the author of the letters find Victor? 4. What happened to Victor s mother? 5. Who is Elizabeth Lavenza and what is her story? 6. Who is Henry Clerval and what is his relation to Victor? 7. What sort of science ("Natural Philosophy") is Victor learning from Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Albertus Magnus? 8. How does he go about creating a human being, and what does he expect as a result of this creation? How long does the task take? What happens to Victor in the process? 9. How does Victor respond to the actual creation of life? 10. What does the creature do? How does Victor respond? 11. Whom does Victor meet arriving in a coach the next morning? How does Victor respond? Chapters 6 12 1. What is waiting for Victor when he finally recovers? Who has nursed him during his illness? 2. Who is Justine Moritz and what is her story? What comments does Elizabeth make about her position in Swiss society? 3. Who is William and how old is he? 4. What is waiting for Victor when he returns to his apartment? What news does his father have for him? 5. Whom does Victor see the night he goes home? 6. What does Victor now believe happened to William? What happens at Justine's trial? How does Victor respond? 7. How does Victor respond in the days after Justine's death? 8. What journey does Victor undertake, and when? 9. Where does Victor go the next day?
10. Whom does Victor see? How does he respond? 11. In this chapter, we finally hear the creature speak for the first time. What does he say? Is this what we expect from the creature? 12. What does the creature remember of his earliest days? 13. What happens during his first encounters with people? 14. Where does he finally find a place to stay? What does he learn about the people who live in the cottage? How does he feel toward them? Chapters 13 20 1. What does he learn about human relationships, and how does this make him feel? 2. How did the De Lacey family come to be living in the cottage? 3. What are the three books that the creature reads, and what does he learn from each? 4. What does the creature hope will happen when he talks to De Lacey? What actually happens? 5. What happens to the De Lacey family after the events of chapter 15? How does the creature respond, and what does he do to the cottage? 6. What event happens when the creature is near Geneva? Who is the boy? Who is the woman? 7. What does the creature demand from Victor? 8. How does Victor at first respond to the creature's demand? 9. What does the creature say will happen if Victor creates a female for him? 10. What does Victor decide? What does the creature say he will do while Victor is at work? 11. What happens shortly after Victor destroys the female? 12. What happens when Victor goes out in a boat to dispose of the female creature's remains? 13. What has happened to cause Victor's arrest? What happens to Victor after his arrest? 14. What happens when Victor wakes up? Who is there?
Chapter 21 End 1. What does Elizabeth say in her letter? How does Victor respond to her? 2. What are the marriage plans? How does Victor prepare for what he fears will happen? 3. Has Victor understood the Creature's promise correctly? What happens on Victor's wedding night? 4. What happens when Victor tries to get the authorities to help him hunt for the Creature? 5. What does Victor ask Walton to do? What does he warn Walton about the Creature? 6. Why wouldn't Victor tell Walton the details about the creation? 7. How does Walton avoid the threat of a mutiny? 8. Does Victor blame himself? What is Walton's response to Victor's death? 9. How does the Creature explain what he has done? How does Walton respond to the Creature? 10. What will the Creature do next?