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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 commends Bora for his scholarship?

2. How does the narrator learn about Paul and Helen’s trip to Istanbul, according to Part Two, Chapter 26?

3. What injury did Hugh James’s fiancé suffer?

4. What does Mr. Erozan do for a living?

5. Under what guise do Helen and Paul go into Budapest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the courtship of Rossi and Helen’s mother from Rossi’s perspective.

2. Why do Helen and Paul return home after finding Dracula’s tomb?

3. What two things does Helen suspect about Jozsef when she and Paul are heading to Bulgaria to find Dracula’s monastery?

4. How does Turgut Bora become involved in Paul’s research?

5. What does the narrator think about her father when she finds his empty room in France? Why?

6. Why did the narrator never know her mother growing up?

7. Who is Ranov? What is his relationship with Paul and Helen?

8. Why does Jozsef interrogate Aunt Eva about Paul?

9. What does the narrator realize is strange about the postcards her mother wrote to her?

10. How did Rossi continue his research after Dracula abducted him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Define inference. What is its purpose in literature? How is it identified? Identify and explain at least one inference made in The Historian. How does it impact the story?

Essay Topic 3

Define symbolism. How is it used in literature? How is it identified? Identify at least one symbol found in The Historian. What does it symbolize? How do you know?

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