Unit 2: Gris Grimly's "Frankenstein"

Question 1

Exertion

Answer 1

Physical or mental effort

Question 2

Avidity

Answer 2

Extreme eagerness or enthusiasm

Question 3

Ardently

Answer 3

Very enthusiastically or passionately

Question 4

Frankness

Answer 4

The quality of being open, honest, and direct in speech or writing

Question 5

Degraded

Answer 5

Treated with disrespect; inferior

Question 6

Complancency

Answer 6

A feeling of self-satisfaction or contentment, often without awareness of potential problems or dangers

Question 7

Calamities

Answer 7

Events that cause great damage, distress, or disaster; are usually sudden, large-scale, and result in suffering or loss

Question 8

Precipices

Answer 8

Steep or vertical cliffs, typically found in mountainous or rock areas; this term may also be used metaphorically

Question 9

Deprecate

Answer 9

To express disapproval of something or to criticize it

Question 10

Wantonly

Answer 10

To do something in a reckless, careless, or deliberate manner without regard for rules, consequences, or the well-being of others

Question 11

Disquisition

Answer 11

A long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject

Question 12

Infirmities

Answer 12

Physical or mental weakness

Question 13

Ennui

Answer 13

A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement; boredom

Question 14

Ignominy

Answer 14

Public shame or disgrace; dishonor

Question 15

Machinations

Answer 15

A plot or scheme; conspiracies

Question 16

Physical or mental effort

Answer 16

Exertion

Question 17

Extreme eagerness or enthusiasm

Answer 17

Avidity

Question 18

Very enthusiastically or passionately

Answer 18

Ardently

Question 19

The quality of being open, honest, and direct in speech or writing

Answer 19

Frankness

Question 20

Treated with disrespect; inferior

Answer 20

Degraded

Question 21

A feeling of self-satisfaction or contentment, often without awareness of potential problems or dangers

Answer 21

Complancency

Question 22

Events that cause great damage, distress, or disaster; are usually sudden, large-scale, and result in suffering or loss

Answer 22

Calamities

Question 23

Steep or vertical cliffs, typically found in mountainous or rock areas; this term may also be used metaphorically

Answer 23

Precipices

Question 24

To express disapproval of something or to criticize it

Answer 24

Deprecate

Question 25

To do something in a reckless, careless, or deliberate manner without regard for rules, consequences, or the well-being of others

Answer 25

Wantonly

Question 26

A long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject

Answer 26

Disquisition

Question 27

Physical or mental weakness

Answer 27

Infirmities

Question 28

A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement; boredom

Answer 28

Ennui

Question 29

Public shame or disgrace; dishonor

Answer 29

Ignominy

Question 30

A plot or scheme; conspiracies

Answer 30

Machinations

Question 31

“Did I request thee, makes, from my clay; to mould me man? Did I solicit thee; from darkness to promote me?”

Answer 31

Paradise Lost Epigraph

Question 32

Mr. Beaufort

Answer 32

A friend of Dad, he is Victor’s grandfather

Question 33

Caroline

Answer 33

Beaufort’s daughter, Alphonse’s wife, and Victor, Ernest, and William’s mother.

Question 34

Victor

Answer 34

Main character

Question 35

Ernest

Answer 35

Victor’s brother

Question 36

William

Answer 36

MURDERED!!, and Victor’s brother

Question 37

Elizabeth

Answer 37

Victor’s cousin and wife

Question 38

Clerval

Answer 38

Victor’s childhood friend

Question 39

M. Waldman

Answer 39

Victor’s NICE professor

Question 40

M. Krempe

Answer 40

Victor’s MEAN professor

Question 41

How big is Victor’s creation?

Answer 41

8 feet tall

Question 42

Who tends to Victor the first time he falls ill?

Answer 42

Henry Clerval

Question 43

Justine

Answer 43

A family friend, accused murderer