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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose marriage proposal does Lucy accept?

2. What are Lucy and Mina writing letters about before Harker returns to town?

3. What happens to Mr. Hawkins shortly after Harker and Mina return from abroad?

4. What almost happens to Harker after he is awoken from his nap in Dracula's home when he is being held prisoner?

5. What body part changes in Lucy that causes Van Helsing and Seward to become increasingly disturbed about their patient?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Harker tell Mina that his experience at Dracula's castle done to him?

7. What does the fair-haired female vampire accuse Dracula of when he stops her from biting Harker after he is nearly seduced during Dracula's absence?

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

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

10. What disturbing sight does Harker see outside of his window during his captivity at Dracula's home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a vampire character from another novel or movie you are familiar with and compare and contrast that character with Stoker's Dracula. Make sure to list at least five similarities and/or differences.

Essay Topic 2

Pick two seemingly minor characters in the novel (such as Renfield and Mr. Swales) and discuss how Stoker uses them in at least three ways to contribute to the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Complete a critical examination of the institution of marriage in the novel, making sure to address at least two ways that the marriages within the novel support the stereotypes and social expectations of the time and two ways that the marriages within the novel go against the stereotypes of the times.

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