2)HowelsedoesShelleycreateaneerieandghostlyatmosphereatthebeginningofthischapter?
3)WhatisVictor’sattitudetowardshiscreation?
4)HowdoesShelleyprovokefearandrevulsioninthereaderbyuseofdescription?
5)HowdoesShelleyuseajuxtapositionofideastodescribethemonster? Whateffectiscreated?
6)WhydoesVictorfeelsoregretfuloverhiscreation?
7)WhatdoesVictordreamof? Howisthisanarchetypalgothichorrorconvention?
8)Whatpoemisquotedinthisselection? Whatisthefunctionofthequote?
9)WhichacquaintancedoesVictorsee? HowdoesVictor’sfriendhelphim?
10) WhoseletterdoesVictorreceive? Whatistheirrelationship?
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____(a)Victorrunsfromtheroomandtriestosleep, butnightmaresofdeathandtombswakehim, andheopenshiseyestoseethemonsterbyhisbed, reachingoutandgrinning.
____(b)WhenVictorrecovers, ClervalasksVictortosendalettertohisfatherandfamily, andgiveshimaletterfromElizabeth.
____(c)Aftermonthsofeffort, Victorissuccessfulinbringinghiscreaturetolife.
____(d)Stillavoidinghisapartment, VictorwandersIngolstadt, andrunsintoHenryClerval, whohascometouniversitytoembarkon “avoyageofdiscoverytothelandofknowledge”.
____(e)HeinvitesClervalup, butoncetherefallsillwitha “nervousfever”, whichlastsformonths.
____(f)Butoncealive, thecreature’sappearancehorrifieshim.
____(g)Heruns, andspendsthenightoutside.
____(h)Clervalnurseshim, notrevealingtheillnesstoanyone.
____(i)Victorcheckstoseeifthemonsterisstillinhisapartment, andisoverjoyedtofindthatitisn’t.
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