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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the source of Seward's depression?
(a) His horrible job in the asylum.
(b) Lucy's refusal to marry him.
(c) His mounting debts.
(d) His alcoholism.

2. What kind of feeling is overwhelming Lucy while Mina is in Budapest?
(a) She is worried because she has no feelings anymore.
(b) A sense of happiness.
(c) A feeling of being overwhelmed with wedding planning.
(d) A sense of darkness and fear.

3. Who is Lucy?
(a) Harker's daughter.
(b) A servant of Dracula's.
(c) The innkeeper's wife at the hotel near Dracula's home.
(d) A friend of Mina's.

4. When does Lucy plan to marry Holmwood?
(a) A month or so after Mina and Harker get married.
(b) When her health improves.
(c) Never; she can't stand the man.
(d) In two years, as per her parents' request.

5. Who reveals to Dracula that Harker has tried to communicate with people outside of Dracula's home?
(a) The woman doing Harker's laundry.
(b) Dracula's servant.
(c) The gypsies.
(d) Dracula's coach driver.

6. What is Harker's first impression of Count Dracula?
(a) That he is formal and courteous.
(b) That he appears to have some kind of speech impediment.
(c) That he has a great sense of humor.
(d) That he is rude and impersonal.

7. What does Dracula force Harker to say in the letter he must write during his captivity?
(a) That he needs more money as soon as possible.
(b) That he is going to stay another month in Transylvania.
(c) That he no longer wants to marry his fiancée.
(d) That he is very happy with Dracula.

8. What is the status of Lucy's mother's health while Mina is in Budapest?
(a) She is very ill with a bad heart.
(b) She is going insane.
(c) She is very strong and helps to take care of Lucy.
(d) She has pneumonia.

9. Whose marriage proposal does Lucy accept?
(a) Mr. Quincey Morris'.
(b) Dr. John Seward's.
(c) Arthur Holmwood's.
(d) She accepts no marriage proposals.

10. When Dracula and Harker first stay up all night talking, what causes Dracula to abruptly end the conversation?
(a) He spills coffee all over himself and decides just to go to bed.
(b) He gets angry at one of the servants for dropping something.
(c) He has another meeting to go to and has to leave early.
(d) The sunrise.

11. Who proposes marriage to Lucy?
(a) Dr. John Seward.
(b) Arthur Holmwood.
(c) Mr. Quincey Morris.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

12. What country does Dracula tell Harker he is planning to move to during Harker's first visit to his home?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Austria.
(d) Germany.

13. Where does Lucy live when Mina goes to visit her?
(a) America.
(b) Whitby, Yorkshire.
(c) Bartleby, Yorkshire.
(d) London.

14. How does Van Helsing feel about Lucy's death?
(a) Vindicated.
(b) Happy.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Worried.

15. How does Stoker convey the events of what happens in Chapter 1?
(a) Through Dracula's journal entries.
(b) Through Harker's journal entries.
(c) Through the journal of Harker's personal servant.
(d) Through Dracula's perspective.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Harker's captivity in Dracula's home, what two items does he toss out of a window (for the gypsies)?

2. In what year was "Dracula" written?

3. What cargo is the Russian ship carrying?

4. What does Van Helsing ask from Seward after Lucy's death?

5. What strange sight does Harker see along the side of the road as he is being taken to first meet Count Dracula?

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