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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 kind of information does Harker agree to provide for Van Helsing after Lucy's death?

2. When Seward, Van Helsing, Holmwood, and Morris go to Lucy's tomb, what do they find inside her coffin?

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

4. What does Lucy do with what she has with her when she meets Van Helsing, Seward, Holmwood, and Morris near her tomb?

5. Why does Van Helsing want Mina to visit after Lucy's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What arguments does Mina give for why she should come with the team when they leave to intercept Dracula's coffin once it has left London?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Seward try to draw Renfield out in conversation?

10. How does Van Helsing explain what a vampire is to Seward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper that critically examines what happens to Lucy in the novel. Is her murder justified? Could her death even be considered a murder? Was it the only option? Was it an act of love or an act of despair -- or both? Would you have done the same thing to her? Would you have wanted your life to end the way hers did?

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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