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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. By how many days does the team plan to precede the arrival of Dracula's ship?

2. What creature begins to fill the chapel when the vampire-hunting team enters, looking for the wooden boxes?

3. What is Renfield and Mina's initial conversation like?

4. Why does Seward deny Renfield's request after Holmwood and Morris have visited him?

5. Why does the group decide that Mina must once more be privy to the plans to destroy Dracula?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Seward agree to share his diary with Mina?

2. What can the reader assume has happened to Mina after she is found looking very pale after a thick mist entered her room?

3. What prayer does Mina ask her husband to read aloud?

4. What does the team take Mina's first hypnosis session to mean?

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

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

7. What does Renfield say about how he specifically got his injuries from Dracula?

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

9. What is the first vow the vampire-hunting team makes to each other?

10. What does Mina tell the vampire-hunting team she sees the first time she undergoes hypnosis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose and explain four traditional elements of a Gothic novel and cite an example of each from "Dracula".

Essay Topic 2

One of the novel's major themes is the conflict between the traditional and the modern. Choose three characters or events and explain, using evidence from the text, how they represent this conflict.

Essay Topic 3

"Dracula" is considered a literary classic for many reasons. Choose three elements of the text that you feel made it the classic that it is and explain why these components have ensured the longevity and popularity of the story.

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