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

2. Where do Helen and Paul find Dracula’s sarcophagus?

3. Where do Helen and Paul go to make a life for themselves after finding Dracula’s sarcophagus?

4. What does the narrator learn about Helen in Part Three, Chapter 63?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain why Hugh James wants to kill Dracula.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why was it difficult for Helen and Paul to travel to Budapest? How do they get around this difficulty?

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

10. What do Helen and Paul do after sharing their story with Bora and his wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define motif. What is its role in literature? Identify at least one motif found in The Historian and explain how it is expressed throughout the story.

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 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?

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