Q 01/05

What is the novel's subtitle?

A) The Modern Prometheus

B) A Gothic Tale

C) The New Adam

D) The Spark of Life

Answer · why

A) The Modern Prometheus

The Modern Prometheus is the subtitle: in Greek myth Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give life to mankind, as Victor steals the secret of life.

Q 02/05

In what year was Frankenstein first published?

A) 1848

B) 1808

C) 1818

D) 1838

Answer · why

C) 1818

Frankenstein was first published in 1818: the three-volume first edition appeared anonymously in London on 1 January of that year.

Q 03/05

How old was the author when the novel was published?

A) 24

B) 30

C) 18

D) 20

Answer · why

D) 20

Mary Shelley was 20 when Frankenstein was published; born 30 August 1797, she had begun the story at 18 during the summer of 1816.

Q 04/05

In which English city was the author lodging when she wrote much of the book?

A) Bristol

B) London

C) Oxford

D) Bath

Answer · why

D) Bath

Bath: from September 1816 Mary lodged at 5 Abbey Churchyard and wrote much of the novel there, finishing it at Marlow in spring 1817.

Q 05/05

Who suggested that the group at Villa Diodati each write a ghost story?

A) Percy Shelley

B) John Polidori

C) Lord Byron

D) Claire Clairmont

Answer · why

C) Lord Byron

Lord Byron proposed the contest on a rainy June night in 1816 after the group read ghost stories aloud; Mary's entry grew into Frankenstein.