Question

what natural phenomena influenced frankensteins studies? *
the biological process of a tadpole changing into a frog
a tree being hit by lightening during a storm
a massive solar flare while creating a nuclear device

what two major events happened to frankenstein when he was seventeen? *
his youngest brother was born, and he fell in love.
he received his inheritance and began to travel the world.
his mother died, and he went to the university at ingolstadt to study.
he got his first job and moved with elizabeth into their own apartment.

frankenstein wanted to create life in a test tube. *
true
false

Explanation:

In Frankenstein, when Victor was 17, his mother died of scarlet fever (caught from Elizabeth), and he went to the University of Ingolstadt to study. He was influenced by a tree being hit by lightning (galvanism ideas). Also, he created the monster through stitching body parts etc., not in a simple test - tube life - creation as depicted in some overly simplistic modern interpretations.

Answer:

For the first question: a tree being hit by lightening during a storm.
For the second question: His mother died, and he went to the university at Ingolstadt to study.
For the third question: False.