Question 1

He was deeply impressed by it.

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What did the creature think of the cottagers' history?

Question 2

"Paradise Lost," "Plutarch's Lives," and "Sorrows of Werter."

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What books did the creature find as he was gathering wood for the De Laceys?

Question 3

Werter was a character that the creature thought highly of, and was the main character in "Sorrows of Werter".

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Who was Werter?

Question 4

The creature found that he was invested in the story, but he in reality had no stakes in it and nobody in the story cared for him.

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What did the creature found paradoxical as he was reading the "Sorrows of Werter"?

Question 5

It was about the first founders of the ancient republics.

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What was "Plutarch's Lives" about?

Question 6

He admired peaceable lawgivers like Numa, Solon, and Lycurgus, and didn't really like more violent characters like Romulus and Theseus.

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Which historical characters did the creature admire, and which ones did he not like as much?

Question 7

The creature learned more about the world (history, geography, politics) and gained an ardour for virtue along with a hatred of vice.

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How did reading "Plutarch's Lives" change the creature?

Question 8

He read them all as true stories.

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In what manner did the creature read "Plutarch's Lives", "Sorrows of Werter", and "Paradise Lost", two of which are fiction and one of which is nonfiction?

Question 9

He mentions Adam and Satan

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What characters does the creature specifically mention from "Paradise Lost"?

Question 10

The creature says that both he and Adam have no link to anything else in existence.

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How does the creature say he is similar to Adam, the character from "Paradise Lost"?

Question 11

The creature says that Adam was happy, perfect, prosperous, cared for by his Creator, and allowed to learn from superior beings.

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How does the creature say he is different from Adam, the character from "Paradise Lost"

Question 12

Satan.

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What biblical entity does the creature repeatedly mention and use to compare himself as he recounts his story to Victor, in chapter 15?

Question 13

The creature found Victor's journal, which Victor had written in as he constructed the creature.

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What did the creature find in a pocket of the "dress" it had taken from Victor's laboratory?

Question 14

He was disgusted, and yelled out loud how he was very bad and Victor was very bad too. He also said that even Satan had a happier existence than him, as Satan had companions while he was solitary and abhorred.

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What was the creature's reaction to the journal?

Question 15

"Hateful day when I received life!"

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What was the creature's final commentary on the day of his creation as he read Victor's journal?

Question 16

That they would be able to overlook his abominable appearance as a result of his virtues.

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What did the creature convince himself of, in regards to the cottagers?

Question 17

He learned more about them every day.

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What was one reason why the creature postponed his planned contact with the cottagers?

Question 18

The cottagers seemed to have more time, and they were assisted by servants.

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How did the circumstance of the cottagers change, as the creature observed them in preparation for his contact with them in chapter 15?

Question 19

They continued to be happy, and weren't too significantly affected.

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How did the arrival of autumn affect the cottagers?

Question 20

He planned to talk to De Lacey when he was alone, since De Lacey was blind. He then hoped that, with the good will of De Lacey, the younger cottagers would tolerate him.

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How did the creature plan to contact the cottagers?

Question 21

The servants were at a fair, the other cottagers had gone on a walk, and De Lacey himself had requested to stay at the cottage alone.

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What circumstances left de Lacey alone in the cottage during chapter 15?

Question 22

A traveler.

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Who does the creature pretend to be when he first talks to de Lacey?

Question 23

The old man is nice to him, and they hold a conversation. The old man even feels pity for the creature and says he will try to help it.

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How doe the creature's contact with the de Lacey initially go?

Question 24

Agatha fainted, Safie ran out of the cottage, Felix tore de Lacey from the creature and beat the creature with a stick.

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How did the cottagers react when they returned to their cottage and saw the creature holding on to de Lacey's hand?

Question 25

He did not hurt them, though he absolutely could have. He slipped out in the middle of the scuffle and disappeared.

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How did the creature respond to the abuse of the cottagers?

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