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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. Who is the author of The Historian?

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

3. What is Barley’s role while the narrator is visiting with her father?

4. What kills Hedges?

5. Who finds the narrator as she is traveling in Part Two, Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Hedges attacked?

2. Explain Rossi’s travels as described in his letter in Part One, Chapter 9.

3. Why is Paul concerned about Helen in Part One, Chapter 23? How does she reassure him?

4. How does Rossi react to Hedges’s death? What does this reveal about Rossi?

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

6. Who is Barley? What is his role in the story?

7. Explain how Paul began to research Dracula.

8. Why is Barley angry with the narrator when she leaves Amsterdam in Part Two, Chapter 25?

9. Describe the narrator at the beginning of the events of the story.

10. Explain the relationship between Rossi and Paul.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define suspense. How is it used in literature? Identify at least two examples of suspense in The Historian. What makes these moments suspenseful? How is each resolved?

Essay Topic 2

Define epilogues. How are they used in literature? Explain how the epilogue of The Historian impacts the story. What is revealed in the Epilogue? How would the story be different without it?

Essay Topic 3

Define characterization. Identify and define each type of characterization, and give at least one example of each from the story.

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