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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. What makes Harker realize he is Dracula's prisoner at the end of Chapter 2?

2. How does Lucy look when Professor Van Helsing arrives to examine her after she has been bitten?

3. When Mina is visiting Lucy, why does Mina become increasingly anxious about Harker?

4. Who volunteers to help with Lucy's second medical treatment at the hands of Professor Van Helsing?

5. What does Van Helsing's telegram to Seward say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two classic traits of a vampire does Dracula demonstrate in Chapter 4 (when Harker first begins to try to escape from Dracula's castle)?

2. How does Dracula respond to the crucifix Harker wears around his neck?

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

4. 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?

5. Who is Mr. Swales?

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

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

8. What causes Renfield's outbursts as Lucy lies dying?

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

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

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

Throughout the novel, Stoker presents very strict, complicated ways of killing vampires -- and yet Dracula's own death doesn't seem to abide by these rules. Write an essay that addresses this complicated ending and what experience it leaves the reader with at the conclusion of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

"Dracula" is very much a product of the time it was written. Choose three key elements of the novel and discuss how they are specific of their time and would, consequently, not work if the novel were written today.

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