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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 is the person pursuing the narrator and Barley on the train wearing?

2. Who was thought to be dead but turns up in Hungary?

3. Who do Helen and Paul meet in Istanbul?

4. How does Mr. Erozan die?

5. Who bites Mr. Erozan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusion does Paul come to, thanks to a letter discovered by Bora?

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

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

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

5. What is significant about Ranov escorting Helen and Paul to the monastery at Bachkovo?

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

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

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

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

10. What three pieces of information do Paul and Helen learn from Helen’s Aunt Eva?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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.

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