Frankenstein AP Multiple Choice Questions

Frankenstein AP Multiple Choice Questions

1. Words like “fate,” “fatal,” and “omen” are often used in Victor’s description of his tragedy. These words accomplish all of the following EXCEPT to..

a) Reflect Victor’s sense of resignation

b) Show Victor’s inability to accept responsibility for what he has done

c) Create a tense atmosphere

d) Contribute to the idea that Victor has tampered with divine power

e) Display the monster’s original intentions

2. Adding the layers of passing down information from the Monster to Victor, from Victor to the Walton, from Walton to his sister serves to reinforce which of the following?

a) The story telling mood of the book

b) Mary Shelley’s omniscient perspective

c) The monster’s emotions

d) Victor’s abandoning and neglecting of his scientific quest

e) Walton’s departure from the north

3. In the quote “Have my murderous machinations deprived you also, my dearest Henry of life?” Shelley is utilizing which literary device?

a) Anaphora

b) Apostrophe

c) Allusion

d) Alliteration

e) Personification

4. What does the word “affright” mean in the following sentence, “Fortunately, as I spoke my native language, Mr. Kirwin alone understood me; but my gestures and bitter cries were sufficient to affright the other witnesses?

a) To frighten

b) To misunderstand

c) To worry

d) To make wary

e) To become empathetic

5. In the quote, “A cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb became convulsed: when, by the dim and yellow light of the moon…,” the tone the author uses could be described best by all of the following EXCEPT…

a) Sketchy

b) Desolate

c) Dilapidated

d) Distasteful

e) Nightmarish

Answer Key: 1) e, 2) b, 3) b, 4) a, 5) b