Frankenstein Final Test: Whole-Novel Quiz
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley · 10 multiple-choice questions with answers · about 8 min
A 10-question Frankenstein final test with answers: use it as an end-of-novel review, a unit test or quick GCSE revision once you have finished reading.
Covers the whole novel — contains spoilers.
Skills tested: Structure, Context, Theme, Character, Inference, Language · Difficulty: Easy, Challenge, Standard
Frankenstein Whole Novel questions
The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.
- How are the novel's three narratives arranged?
The creature and Walton · Walton, Victor, the creature · Walton and Victor only · Victor, Elizabeth, Walton
- What did the 1831 revision change about Elizabeth Lavenza?
She is older than Victor · She is given a Genevan father · She is no longer Victor's cousin · She survives the wedding night
- Which charge does the creature himself press hardest against Victor?
He lied to his father twice · He stole from the dead to learn · He would not marry Elizabeth · He made a child and left it
- What does Walton chiefly want from the stranger he takes aboard?
A friend of his own mind · An account of the creature · A surgeon for his crew · Charts of the polar sea
- What sign marks each of the creature's killings?
A lock of hair in the hand · Finger marks on the throat · A footprint in the soft earth · A torn coat left behind
- Where does the novel place its most violent scenes?
On board ships at sea · In crowded city streets · In sublime mountain and ice · In Ingolstadt's lecture rooms
- Which of the creature's three books shapes the way he speaks of himself?
Volney's Ruins of Empires · Goethe's Werter · Plutarch's Lives · Milton's Paradise Lost
- What does Victor refuse to tell Walton, and why?
How life may be given · Elizabeth's family history · What Justine confessed to · Where the creature now is
- What does the creature do when Walton finds him over Victor's body?
He attacks Walton at once · He mourns and then goes · He begs to be taken aboard · He demands a second mate
- What does Victor finally say to Walton about ambition?
He urges him on to the Pole · He blames his father's example · He warns, and then recants · He says nothing of it at all
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First published 1818 in three volumes of 23 chapters. This quiz is keyed throughout to the revised 1831 text, whose 24 chapters are through-numbered 1-24; chapter references follow that numbering.
Original questions written for Pagine. Quotations are from the public-domain text.
Frequently asked questions
Is this Frankenstein Whole Novel quiz free?
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What does the Frankenstein Whole Novel quiz cover?
Questions on the whole novel — plot, characters, themes, language and context — including the ending. It tests structure, context, theme, character, inference, language at easy, challenge, standard level.
Does it contain spoilers?
Yes — it draws on the whole novel, including the ending.
Can I use it with a class?
Yes. Print it with the answer key for a reading check, homework or revision lesson, or share the link so students can take it online.
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