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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 Van Helsing flash at the Count to make him disappear while he is with Mina and Harker?
(a) A holy wafer.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A crucifix.
(d) Garlic.

2. When does Mina end up reading Harker's diary?
(a) She never reads his diary.
(b) After Lucy dies.
(c) Just before Lucy dies.
(d) While Harker is still in a hospital in Budapest.

3. How does Seward react to Renfield's constantly changing moods and behaviors?
(a) He thinks he is half vampire, half human.
(b) He thinks he has developed a split personality.
(c) He remains suspicious.
(d) He thinks he is on the road to a full recovery.

4. Where does the group head after they realize they will not meet Dracula's ship where they first planned to?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Galatz.
(d) Madrid.

5. What does Seward take Renfield's sense of self-assurance to mean?
(a) That he is a vampire.
(b) That he is in fact insane.
(c) That he is psychic.
(d) That Dracula has visited him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Seward want to spend the night in Lucy's tomb?

2. What physical change about Mina worries Van Helsing?

3. Despite his injuries, what does Renfield manage to tell the vampire-hunting team about Mina?

4. How does Mina think Van Helsing can exploit her psychic connection to Dracula?

5. What about Mina causes Van Helsing to be concerned while they are waiting for Dracula's ship to arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mina ask Seward for permission to visit Renfield?

2. Why is Dracula's destruction of the property in Seward's office not a total loss to the vampire-hunting team?

3. After Mina learns of her psychic connection to Dracula, why does she excuse herself from learning more about the vampire-hunting team's plans?

4. What arguments does Mina give for why she should come with the team when they leave to intercept Dracula's coffin once it has left London?

5. Who ultimately kills vampire Lucy?

6. Why do Mina and Holmwood agree to share their diaries with Seward?

7. What is Van Helsing's assessment of Harker's journals?

8. What does Van Helsing say needs to be done to Lucy in order for her to be set freed from being a vampire?

9. What tools does Mina use to deduce where Dracula goes once he is back on land?

10. What favors does Mina ask of the team before they depart to meet Dracula's ship after she has been bitten?

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