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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. What do Helen and Paul watch Baba Yanka do?

2. What do Helen and Paul find in the crypt at Sveti Georgi?

3. Who do Helen and Paul meet in Istanbul?

4. What role does Ranov have in the story?

5. How was Rossi able to continue chronicling what occurred to him after Dracula abducted him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Helen and Paul take the book on the life of Saint George with them when they left the tomb?

5. How is Dracula killed? Why is this significant?

6. Why does Jozsef interrogate Aunt Eva about Paul?

7. Why do Helen and Paul drive a silver dagger into Rossi’s heart?

8. What does the narrator realize about Barley as they travel together by train?

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

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

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

There are many parallels between Paul’s research into Dracula and the narrator’s research into Dracula. Identify and explain at least three specific parallels between the two characters’ research paths. How do these parallels impact the reader’s experience of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the fictional character of Dracula in The Historian with the historical figure of Vlad the Impaler. How are they alike? How are they different?

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