Ch 1- 5
11. What is the man's background? (Do we know his name yet?) Where is he from?
12. What is the story of the man's mother, Caroline Beaufort? How does the man
feel toward his parents, and what responsibilities does he feel they had toward him?
13. Who is Elizabeth Lavenza and what is her story? What gift does the man's
mother give him? Do we know the man's name yet? Do we know his family name?
14. Who is Henry Clerval and what is his relation to Victor?
15. How does Victor characterize the interests and characters of Clerval,
Elizabeth, and himself ?
16. Who is Cornelius Agrippa and how does Victor find out about him ?
How does Victor's father respond, and how does Victor comment on that response?
17. What sort of science ("Natural Philosophy") is Victor learning from Agrippa,
Paracelsus, and Albertus Magnus? How would a modern scientist respond
to this sort of thinking?
18. What happens when Victor sees an oak tree destroyed by lightning and
hears an explanation? What does Victor then begin to study?
19. Who or what does he credit for this change in direction ? Who or what does he
blame for his "utter and terrible destruction" ?
20. What happens to Elizabeth and to Victor's mother as a result of Elizabeth's scarlet fever?
How does this compare with the mother's early history ?
21. Why does Victor's father send him to the university of Ingolstadt ? How old is Victor then?
22. What does Victor learn from M. Krempe? How does Victor respond to him, and on what
grounds? Is this a good basis for making such a decision?
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