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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Harker at the end of Chapter 3, when he sees a remarkable scene between Dracula and some of his "guests"?
(a) He falls unconscious.
(b) He goes insane.
(c) He decides to become a vampire, too.
(d) He frees himself by jumping out the window.

2. What item does Van Helsing place around Lucy's room?
(a) Dried flowers.
(b) Goblets of holy water.
(c) Crucifixes.
(d) Garlic.

3. What does Dracula do once Harker finally arrives?
(a) He shows Harker to his room and offers him dinner.
(b) He locks him away as soon as possible.
(c) He introduces him to the other dinner guests.
(d) He puts him to work in the study.

4. During their late night chats when Harker is being held hostage, what country's laws does Count Dracula seem particularly interested in?
(a) America's.
(b) England's.
(c) Transylvania's.
(d) Romania's.

5. How is St. George's Day first described in the novel?
(a) As a "celebratory day of feasting" when people get married.
(b) As a "fun and joyous holiday" for everyone.
(c) When "all evil things in the world will have their sway."
(d) As a "stoic and silent day of penance" for all adults.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major weather event occurs while Mina is visiting Lucy?

2. Who is Lucy?

3. Where does Dracula's name come from?

4. What does Dr. John Seward do?

5. How is Dracula carried out of the castle after Harker attempts to kill him the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which two characters are under Dracula's mind control at the time that Harker is committed to the Budapest hospital?

2. What major physical changes does Lucy go through right before her death?

3. What does Harker's choice to give Mina his journal demonstrate?

4. What makes Harker certain that Dracula is going to kill him during his captivity?

5. What extraordinary power does Count Dracula's driver seem to have?

6. What does Harker find suspicious about his meals during his initial visit to Dracula's home?

7. What does Van Helsing hint to Seward that Lucy's troubles aren't over even after she dies?

8. What does the letter from the Budapest hospital say about Harker's condition?

9. How does Lucy respond to the transfusions that Van Helsing orders?

10. What was the West's view of Eastern Europe at the time Dracula was written?

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