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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 is Renfield's opinion of Mina?
2. What official -- and despairing -- news does the team learn about the arrival of Dracula's ship?
3. Why does the group decide that Mina must once more be privy to the plans to destroy Dracula?
4. What does Renfield manage to tell the vampire-hunting team, despite his injuries?
5. Despite his injuries, what does Renfield manage to tell the vampire-hunting team about Mina?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the vampire Lucy killed?
2. Why is Mina left behind during the first mission of the vampire-hunting team?
3. Why does Mina ask Seward for permission to visit Renfield?
4. Why does Seward agree to share his diary with Mina?
5. Why do Mina and Holmwood agree to share their diaries with Seward?
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 is Van Helsing's assessment of Harker's journals?
8. Why doesn't the vampire-hunting team want to break into Dracula's Piccadilly house?
9. Why does Van Helsing put a holy wafer on Mina's forehead after she has been bitten by Dracula?
10. What can the reader assume has happened to Mina after she is found looking very pale after a thick mist entered her room?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The use of religious symbols -- such as crucifixes and holy wafers -- are present throughout the novel. Discuss the role of religion (and of Christianity in particular) in "Dracula".
Essay Topic 2
Complete a character analysis of Quincey Morris, listing three literary devices that Stoker uses to develop his character. Make sure to discuss Morris' death in your essay.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Stoker choose Lucy to die as a result of Dracula's bite instead of Mina? Give at least three reasons for his choice, making sure to use direct evidence from the text to support your argument.
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