Question 1

What had Mary Shelley's parents done for a living?

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They were writers.

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They were actors.

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They were coal miners.

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They were teachers.

Question 2

Who wanted Mary to be recognized as a writer?

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her husband

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her parents

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her teacher

Question 3

While visiting Switzerland, the Shelleys became neighbors and friends of ...?

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Lord Byron

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Walt Whitman

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Shakespeare

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John Donne

Question 4

Shelley wrote the story

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as part of a contest among her friends

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for a writing contest

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at the request of her publisher

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because she needed money

Question 5

Shelley had writer's block, but she came up with an idea ...

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from a dream after conversations about science

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from a traveler she met

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from a newspaper article

Question 6

The narrator of the letters, Captain Walton, addresses the letters to his...

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...sister

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... parents

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... employer

Question 7

Captain Walton's ambition is to ...

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explore the arctic

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create new life

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open a restaurant in the west

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publish  novel

Question 8

Captain Walton's father's last wish for him was that he would not be allowed to choose a profession that involved...

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seafaring

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poetry

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hunting

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accounting

Question 9

Captain Walton plans to leave on his voyage from...

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Russia

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London

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Berlin

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France

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