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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. Where does Rossi go to have the dragon book analyzed?
2. Where does the narrator like to spend time when she is not in school?
3. How does Paul react when they tour the religious building in France in Part One, Chapter 10?
4. What does the young woman in Part One, Chapter 8 admit to Paul?
5. What famous establishment is the focus of the story told to Paul and the narrator in Part One, Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain what happened to Hedges when he was attacked in Part One, Chapter 12.
2. How does Paul know the woman he encountered in the library in Part One, Chapter 8 is also researching Dracula?
3. Explain the relationship between Rossi and Paul.
4. Why are Rossi’s letters addressed to “my dear and unfortunate successor”?
5. Why is Paul concerned about Helen in Part One, Chapter 23? How does she reassure him?
6. How does Rossi react to Hedges’s death? What does this reveal about Rossi?
7. What do Helen and Paul learn from the grubby male librarian when they confront him?
8. What does Paul think of the monastery at Les Pyrenees-Orientales? How do you know?
9. Why was Hedges attacked?
10. Explain what happened at the monastery in France that Paul and the narrator visited.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Define characterization. Identify and define each type of characterization, and give at least one example of each from the story.
Essay Topic 3
Define theme. How is it used in literature? Identify at least one theme found in The Historian, and explain how it is expressed throughout the story.
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