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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. How does the narrator pass her time while traveling in Part Two, Chapter 25?

2. What restaurant employee tells the narrator and Paul a story in Part One, Chapter 7?

3. What was Paul’s career when the dragon book came into his possession?

4. Whose voice is Part One, Chapter 2 in?

5. What does the narrator find when she searches for clues about her father’s whereabouts after his disappearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happened at the monastery in France that Paul and the narrator visited.

2. Why was Hedges attacked?

3. Explain how Paul began to research Dracula.

4. Explain the relationship between Rossi and Paul.

5. What is significant about the packet of letters the narrator finds in her father’s room in Amsterdam?

6. Why does Rossi go to America? What does he learn there?

7. How does Paul know the woman he encountered in the library in Part One, Chapter 8 is also researching Dracula?

8. Explain what prompted Rossi to give up his initial research into the green dragon book.

9. Explain what happened to Hedges when he was attacked in Part One, Chapter 12.

10. What is mysterious about the green book that is in Paul’s possession, according to Part One, Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define climax. How is it used in literature? How is it identified? What is the climax of The Historian? How do you know? How does the story change after the climax of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Define setting. What is its role in literature? How does setting affect the story of The Historian? Identify and describe one specific setting found in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Give a brief literary analysis and critique of The Historian.

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