1. choose the word that best defines the italicized word form the novel frankenstein. "i try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation." a. activity b. barrenness c. coldness d. destruction 2. choose the word that best defines the italicized word from the novel frankenstein. "is this to prognosticate peace, or to mock at my happiness? " a. avert b. destroy c. predict d. produce 3. choose the word that bet defines the italicized word form the novel frankenstein. "the silver hair and benevolent countenance of the aged cottager, won my reverence." a. compassionate b. hostile c. indifferent d. mysterious 4. choose the word that best defines the italicized word form the novel frankenstein. "it would indeed be very impertinent and inhuman in me to trouble you with any inquisitiveness of mine." a. dishonest b. imitative c. impolite d. misinformed 5. choose the word that best defines the italicized word form the novel frankenstein. "the pertinacity with which i continually recurred to the same subject persuaded him that my disorder indeed owed its origin to some uncommon and terrible event." a. boldness b. determination c. forgetfulness d. unawareness 6. choose the word that best defines the italicized word form the novel frankenstein. "his gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism." a. arrogance b. condemnation c. contradiction d. hostility 7. choose the word that best defines the italicized word form the novel frankenstein. " i felt the greatest eagerness to hear the promised form a strong desire to ameliorate his fate." a. comprehend b. duplicate c. establish d. improve 8. choose the word that best defines the italicized word form the novel frankenstein. "i am malicious because i am miserable; am i not shunned and hated by all mankind? " a. avoided b. embraced c. disgusted d. protected 9. choose the word in the italicized word from the novel frankenstein. "should i by my base desertion leave the exposed and unprotected to the malice of the fiend? " a. benefit b. influence c. scrutiny d. wickedness 10. choose the word in italicized word from the novel frankenstein. "the uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke form me frightened me into silence again." a. coarse b. melodic c. muffled d. shrill 11. which sentence form frankenstein most directly references the title character? a. "henry clerval was the son of a merchant of geneva." b. "the world was to me a secret which i desired to divine." c. "his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful." d. "she died calmly, and her countenance expressed affection even in death."