Question

in 1816, two famous english poets met in geneva, switzerland. the poets were lord byron and percy shelley, and accompanying them were percy shelleys wife, mary, and several other friends and acquaintances. the group spent their time writing, boating on the lake, and talking late into the night.
one night, the group sat around a fire, reading german ghost stories to one another. inspired by the stories, lord byron proposed that each of them attempt to write his own supernatural tale. they all agreed, and each set out to think of the most terrifying, macabre tale he could.
by the following morning, each of the writers had produced either a poem or a story. the scariest of all the stories did not belong to lord byron or percy shelley. instead, it was percys wife, mary, who came up with the most dreadful tale.
mary would later describe how a waking dream led her to conceive of her story idea. she claimed to have envisioned a young scientist kneeling beside a corpse. according to her vision, the corpse was brought back to life by the scientist, who then became terrified of what he had created.
after succumbing to this vision, mary began writing what she assumed would be a short story. with her husbands encouragement, she expanded this story into a novel. the book, which she called frankenstein, was published in 1818.

1. what is the passage mainly about?

a. mary shelley initially conceived of frankenstein in geneva, switzerland.
b. german ghost stories inspired lord byron to suggest a unique game.
c. lord byron and percy shelley had a meeting in geneva, switzerland.
d. famous poets gathered in geneva, switzerland to write ghost stories.

Explanation:

The passage details how Mary Shelley came to conceive the idea for Frankenstein during a gathering in Geneva. It starts with the meeting of famous poets, the reading of German ghost - stories, and then focuses on Mary Shelley's inspiration and the creation of her novel. Option A best captures the main point.

Answer:

A. Mary Shelley initially conceived of Frankenstein in Geneva, Switzerland.