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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 kills Dracula?

2. Why does Rossi have to leave the village where his love is?

3. What do Helen and Paul watch Baba Yanka do?

4. Who commends Bora for his scholarship?

5. When did Dracula pay for a Wallachian monastery to be grandly adorned?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Dracula took Rossi to his tomb.

2. What advice does Rossi offer Helen and Paul when they go to find Dracula in the tomb?

3. Why do Paul and Helen think Rossi did not return to marry Helen’s mother? What does this lead Helen to believe?

4. Why did Rossi continue to write letters after Dracula took him?

5. What confusion does Rossi have when Paul and Helen initially find him in Part Three, Chapter 72?

6. Why does Jozsef interrogate Aunt Eva about Paul?

7. What cliffhanger does the narrator leave you with in the Epilogue?

8. Who kills Mr. Erozan? How? Why?

9. What do Helen and Paul decide about their future in Part Three, Chapter 62?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Compare and contrast Paul’s disappearance with Rossi’s disappearance. How are they alike? How are they different? How does each disappearance impact the narrator?

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