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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. When did the narrator begin to complete her father’s Dracula research, according to the Epilogue?

2. What information did Jozsef want information from Eva about, according to Part Two, Chapter 48?

3. Who helps arrange Helen and Paul’s trip to Hungary?

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

5. Who is the most likely intended recipient of Rossi’s letters, according to Part Two, Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain why Hugh James wants to kill Dracula.

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

6. What does the narrator suspect about the love letter she finds from her father to Helen in Part Three, Chapter 49?

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

8. Explain the courtship between Rossi and Helen’s mother from Helen’s mother’s perspective.

9. What does Dracula think of Paul? How do you know?

10. Why do the narrator and Barley get off the train before their designated stop?

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 flashbacks. What is their role in literature? Identify at least one example of a flashback used in The Historian and its purpose in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Define foreshadowing. How is it used in literature? How is it identified? Give at least one example of foreshadowing used in The Historian. What does it foreshadow?

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