YEAR 8

Frankenstein – Mary
Shelley

Instructions: Tick the correct answer

1. Frankenstein was written during the:

(a) Romantic Movement

(b) Period of Enlightenment
(c)x Elizabethan Era
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2. Who was the author of Frankenstein?

(a) Mary Shelly

(b) Percy Shelley
(c) Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin
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3. Who is Robert Walton?

A: A polar explorer
B. Victor Frankenstein’s son
C: Victor Frankenstein’s best friend
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4. What is a Pastiche?

A. The story of a person’s life

B. An imitation of a gothic novel from the Victorian era
C. A French pastry
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5. Tick two other gothic texts from this literary time period.

A. The Castle of Otranto

B. Oliver Twist
C. The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
D. Twilight
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6. Provide 3 examples of Gothic tropes. For example, a Gothic trope can be a haunted
house, or a character with a split personality.

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