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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 does Van Helsing use the putty he makes for?

2. In what form is Seward's diary recorded?

3. How does the team travel en route to meet the ship Dracula is on once he has left London?

4. What is the name of the name of the house Dracula purchased for his London residency?

5. What kind of injuries does Renfield have when Seward, Van Helsing, Holmwood, and Morris find him in the asylum?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Seward react to the idea that Lucy is a vampire after her death?

4. Why is Mina left behind during the first mission of the vampire-hunting team?

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

6. What does Mina conclude about how Dracula will be trying to get home?

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

8. What does the mark on Mina's head from the holy wafer symbolize?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the recurring themes in the novel is the conflict between good and evil. Is Dracula a truly evil character? Does he have any redeeming or good qualities? Present an argument supporting or arguing against Dracula being a purely bad character, making sure to cite specific details from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Dracula is supposedly based on a real historical figure named Vlad the Impaler. Find three similarities between this historical figure and the literary character and explain how and when they appear in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

The tone of "Dracula" can often be described as dark, tense, and foreboding. Discuss what a tone like this does to the reader and three literary devices Stoker uses throughout the text to create such a consistent tone.

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