Which excerpt from Frankenstein best reflects the 19th-century concern that scientists pursue their studies at any personal or moral cost

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Question: Which aspect of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein most clearly indicates that the Industrial Revolution influenced the story?

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*A. Recent scientific breakthroughs inspire Frankenstein to study the nature of life. Correct!

B. Frankenstein decides to abandon his belief in the ancient philosophers.

C. Characters cling to their faith in God and deny the newer scientific revelations.

D. Frankenstein feels guilty for allowing Justine to be wrongfully convicted.

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The correct answer is: Recent scientific breakthroughs inspire Frankenstein to study the nature of life.

Question 1b of 25 (3 Historical context 1069226)

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Question: Which aspect of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein most clearly indicates that Romanticism influenced the story?

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*A. Frankenstein looks upon his monstrous creation with horror and disgust. Correct!

B. Natural philosophy is what drives Frankenstein's fate and future.

C. Frankenstein is undisturbed by reality as he seeks to discover the secret of life.

D. Frankenstein compares his home life of nature, books, and love to his madness.

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The correct answer is: Frankenstein looks upon his monstrous creation with horror and disgust.

Question 1c of 25 (3 Historical context 1069227)

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Question: Which aspect of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein most clearly shows a Gothic influence in the story?

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*A. Frankenstein suffers mental torture from his guilt while his monster tortures others for vengeance. Correct!

B. The monster demands a life of peaceful existence in South America with a companion.

C. Justine is wrongfully accused and convicted for the death of another character, William.

D. The novel begins with a series of letters written by a British explorer of the Arctic.

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The correct answer is: Frankenstein suffers mental torture from his guilt while his monster tortures others for vengeance.

Question 2a of 25 (3 Historical context 1069236)

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Question: Read the following passage from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein:

Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil, as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave, or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay? My limbs now tremble and my eyes swim with the remembrance; but then a resistless and almost frantic impulse urged me forward; I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit.

Which common notion from the historical context surrounding Frankenstein does this excerpt most clearly show?

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*A. Scientists were willing to do anything to further their pursuit of knowledge. Correct!

B. Science and reason interfered with long-held beliefs about government and society.

C. Enlightenment thinking included the idea that science would solve all the world's problems within a few centuries.

D. The Romantics rejected rationalism and emphasized creativity and natural emotions.

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The correct answer is: Scientists were willing to do anything to further their pursuit of knowledge.

Question 2b of 25 (3 Historical context 1069237)

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Question: Read the following passage from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein:

After days and nights of incredible labor and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life; nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter.

The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture.

Which common notion from the historical context surrounding Frankenstein does this excerpt most clearly show?

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*A. Scientists were willing to interfere with the natural order that was ordained by God, becoming god-like in their explorations. Correct!

B. Some doctors were unscrupulous, selling false medicinal remedies and experimenting at the risk of their patients.

C. Enlightenment thinking promoted learning and advanced education for the betterment of human life.

D. The Romantics de-emphasized the influence of reason, and instead emphasized human emotion.

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The correct answer is: Scientists were willing to interfere with the natural order that was ordained by God, becoming god-like in their explorations.

Question 2c of 25 (3 Historical context 1069238)

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