The Historian Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Elizabeth Kostova
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Historian Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Elizabeth Kostova
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the salutation in the first letter the narrator finds in her father’s library?
(a) My dear and unfortunate successor.
(b) To my future servant.
(c) To the next victim.
(d) My dear friend Paul.

2. What happens to Johan Binnerts at the beginning of Part One, Chapter 14?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He is attacked by a tall, dark man.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He is bitten.

3. What is found on Rossi’s desk and ceiling after his disappearance?
(a) A strange, white powder.
(b) Arabic lettering.
(c) Scorch marks.
(d) Blood.

4. What is the text of the dragon book?
(a) It is a journal written by Dracula.
(b) It is an account of the life of Dracula.
(c) It is an account of Paul’s life up to that point.
(d) The book is blank.

5. What causes the narrator to notice the tall, dark man following her in Part One, Chapter 12?
(a) A photograph of a tourist.
(b) A street musician.
(c) A wall mural.
(d) A painting by a street artist.

6. What is Johan Binnerts’s job?
(a) Biographer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Writer.

7. Where is the narrator at the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 25?
(a) The train station.
(b) The bus station.
(c) The airport.
(d) Her home.

8. What does the narrator find when she searches for clues about her father’s whereabouts after his disappearance?
(a) A postcard from Dracula.
(b) A packet of letters.
(c) A photo of her mother.
(d) Another dragon book.

9. Why is Paul’s mentor familiar with the dragon book?
(a) He is the one who left the book for Paul.
(b) He has been looking for it for years.
(c) He wrote it.
(d) He found his own copy of the book when he was a graduate student.

10. What does the narrator insist that her father do in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Let her go to school in France.
(b) Take her along on his next trip.
(c) Give her the items she finds in the library.
(d) Tell her where her mother is.

11. What is Barley’s role while the narrator is visiting with her father?
(a) Campus guide.
(b) Tudor.
(c) Bodyguard.
(d) Escort.

12. In what language were the maps found by Rossi in Istanbul labeled?
(a) French.
(b) Arabic.
(c) English.
(d) Latin.

13. According to Part Two, Chapter 25, what is the next part of Paul’s story?
(a) Paul’s discovery of Dracula.
(b) Paul and Helen’s trip to Istanbul.
(c) Rossi’s death.
(d) Helen's death.

14. What century were the maps found by Rossi in Istanbul dated?
(a) The maps were not dated.
(b) The 19th Century.
(c) The 13th Century.
(d) The 15th Century.

15. When did Vlad the Impaler rule?
(a) The 15th Century.
(b) The 16th Century.
(c) The 14th Century.
(d) Beginning in the 12th Century.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is to escort the narrator after her father disappears?

2. Where does the narrator search for clues about her father’s whereabouts after he disappears?

3. According to Part One, Chapter 8, where did the second of Rossi’s letters come from?

4. How long after giving Paul his research documents did Rossi disappear?

5. What does Paul hope to find by carefully reading the packet of information Rossi gave him?

(see the answer keys)

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