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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 does Mina do to keep Lucy from sleepwalking again?
(a) She ties a rope around her.
(b) She chains her to the bed.
(c) She locks her in at night.
(d) She sends her off to a nunnery.

2. What almost happens to Harker after he is awoken from his nap in Dracula's home when he is being held prisoner?
(a) He is almost bitten by a female vampire.
(b) He is almost bitten by Dracula.
(c) He almost falls out of the window.
(d) He almost dies from the cold.

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

4. What has Mr. Hawkins asked Dracula to deliver to Harker on his behalf?
(a) A package.
(b) A silver crucifix.
(c) A picture of a house in London.
(d) A letter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Dracula to go into a "demonic fury" while he is watching Harker shave during Harker's first visit to Dracula's home?

2. When the novel opens, where is Jonathan Harker traveling from?

3. Which characters are the first to express concern about Harker's journey?

4. What kind of feeling is overwhelming Lucy while Mina is in Budapest?

5. What kind of animals surrounds Harker's coach when he is being taken to meet Count Dracula for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Renfield manage to get a rare night of sleep after being stabbed?

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

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

6. Where is Lucy and Mina's favorite place to sit?

7. What is the reason behind Van Helsing's decision to put garlic up around Lucy's room?

8. Who is Mr. Swales?

9. How does Harker react to the innkeeper's wife's gift for protection when she learns he is on a journey to see Count Dracula?

10. What is the reader supposed to assume is happening to the children of London at night after Lucy dies?

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