Stimulus Question #: 1 of 3 Which of the following sentences best summarizes the key idea of this passage? A) Frankenstein was trying to create a race of superhumans. B) The scientist has no power to stop his creature. C) The creature abandons Frankenstein and society to be alone. D) The creature becomes violent because everyone rejects him.
Stimulus Question #: 2 of 3 Which of the following is the author's primary purpose? A) To convince people that Frankenstein is a masterpiece B) To demonstrate to readers that the scientist is the monster. C) To show how it is inevitable that the creature will become violent . D ) To discourage people from judging others by their appearance.
Stimulus Question #: 3 of 3 Which of the following would offer additional support for the claim that the scientist is neglectful? A) Frankenstein spends the rest of his life chasing the creature. B) Frankenstein abandons his creature the moment it comes to life. C) The creature has superhuman strength. D) The creature kills Frankenstein's bride and brother.
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| Ask someone who Frankenstein is, and they’ll likely tell you he was a murderous “monster” pieced together from dead body parts and brought to life by a mad scientist. While they’d get the plot right, they’d be making a common mistake. Frankenstein is not the name of the creature, but of the scientist who created him. While popular culture focuses on the creature’s crimes, the book that originally brought both of these characters to life paints a different picture. In Mary Shelley’s 1818 masterpiece Frankenstein, the real monster is Victor Frankenstein. | Which of the following passage? |
| Generally considered the first science fiction novel, Frankenstein presents a clear case for compassion and empathy. The creature wants only to love and be loved, but everyone who sees him rejects him. This repeated rejection, especially by his “father,” Frankenstein, drives the creature to violence. Importantly, the creature is rejected not because of who he is, but because of how he looks. After he saves a girl from drowning, for example, he is shot by her guardian, who assumes the creature is assaulting her. Unable to find companionship with another human being, the creature tracks Frankenstein down and demands he make a female creature, equally grotesque, so he will no longer be unwanted and alone. | 1) Frankenstein’s 1818 masterpiece Frankenstein, the real monster is Victor Frankenstein. |
| Frankenstein, however, refuses this request, convincing himself that if he made the creature a companion, they would start a race of superhumans and rain death and destruction upon all humanity. He refuses to understand a simple truth about the creature: despite his appearance, he is inherently good. No matter what the creature does, he is violently rejected, and eventually he returns hate with hate. From the start, the creature’s crimes were within Frankenstein’s parent, and as a human being, bringing death and destruction to the people he loved. | 2) The 1818 masterpiece Frankenstein, the real monster is Victor Frankenstein. |
