Frankenstein Reading Questions Chapters 6-9

Chapter 6:

1. What is waiting for Victor when he finally recovers? Who has nursed him during his
illness?

2. Who is Justine Moritz and what is her story? What comments does Elizabeth make about
her position in Swiss society?

3. Who is William and how old is he?

4. What does Victor do after his recovery?

5. What is Clerval's "plan of life”?

6. When does Victor finally plan to return home? What do he and Clerval do while waiting
for his father’s directions?

Chapter 7

7. What is waiting for Victor when he returns to his apartment?

8. What news does his father have for him? And what is his father's name? How does
Victor respond?

9. How long has Victor been away from home?

10. What happens the night he returns to Geneva? How does he respond?

11. Whom does Victor see that night? When was the last time they saw each other? How
long ago was that?

12. What does Victor now believe happened to William?

 13. What does Victor assume about the nature of the creature?

14. Who has been identified as the murderer, and on what evidence? How does Victor
respond to this news?

15. Why doesn't he say anything about the real murderer?

Chapter 8

(Notice in the opening paragraph that Victor assumes responsibility for what has happened
to Justine and William)
16. What major piece of evidence does the court produce against Justine?

17. How does Elizabeth feel about Justine’s implication in the murder?

18. Why does Justine confess to a murder that she did not commit?

19. What do Victor’s words and tone in the last paragraph in this chapter imply about what is
to happen in the future?

Chapter 9

(Find the allusion to the dead albatross in the opening paraphrase. Find, also, the symbolic
reference to the blasted oak tree)
20. How does Victor now feel about the company of others?

21. What does Victor contemplate doing to himself, and why does he refrain from this course
of action?

22. How does Victor feel about the Creature at this point?

23. Copy the sentence that shows Elizabeth expressing the discrepancy between appearance
and falsehood.

24. Where does Victor go to forget his pain? How is this “romantic”?