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  What is the name of the monster created by an obsessed doctor in Mary Shelley's famous novel subtitled "The Modern Prometheus"? see if you know the answer
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  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is subtitled what? see if you know the answer
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  What does Mary Shelley say prompted her to write Frankenstein? see if you know the answer
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  What relation was Mary Shelley to Percy Bysshe Shelley? see if you know the answer
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In <i>[b:Frankenstein|18490|Frankenstein|Mary Shelley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166956574s/18490.jpg|4836639]</i>, what is Frankenstein's first name?[a:|11139|Mary Shelley|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1205347203p2/11139.jpg]
[bc:Frankenstein|18490|Frankenstein|Mary Shelley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166956574s/18490.jpg|4836639] In Frankenstein, what is Frankenstein's first name?
Frankenstein
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  Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, was the daughter of two authors. Who was her mother? see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: easy
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  In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the monster killed all of the following except... see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: very difficult
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  Who is Victor Frankenstein to marry? see if you know the answer
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  In what situation does the reader first meet the monster at the beginning of Frankenstein? see if you know the answer
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  How was Mary Wollstonecraft, author of i.a. "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", related to the novelist Mary Shelley? see if you know the answer
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  Whose letters frame the main narrative in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus? see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: difficult
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  Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley were?

Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary Shelley
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Difficulty: medium
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  Who is not a narrative voice in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? see if you know the answer
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"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all       Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."  
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness." 
He was an English poet who became one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement during the early nineteenth century. He died in 1821 at the age of 25 and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome."
"Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,"  Who was he? "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness."
He was an English poet who became one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement during the early nineteenth century. He died in 1821 at the age of 25 and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome."
"Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream," Who was he?
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Difficulty: medium
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  True or false: Mary Shelley published only one book, Frankenstein. Mary Shelley see if you know the answer
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  Why were Mary Shelley's books published under the name 'by the author of Frankenstein' after her husband died? Mary Shelley see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: medium
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  The way in which Heart of Darkness is narrated is similar in style to ...?

Joseph Conrad
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  Why did Mary Shelley refuse to re-marry after her husband died young? see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 136 times (24.0%)
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