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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 does Van Helsing blame for the error in the team's plans to meet Dracula's ship?

2. Once the team learns that Dracula is back on land, how do Harker and Morris plan to catch him?

3. By how many days does the team plan to precede the arrival of Dracula's ship?

4. What does Harker begin researching during his stay with Harker?

5. Where does the group finally learn the missing wooden boxes are located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What favors does Mina ask of the team before they depart to meet Dracula's ship after she has been bitten?

2. How does Van Helsing explain what a vampire is to Seward?

3. What does Mina conclude about how Dracula will be trying to get home?

4. What is Van Helsing's assessment of Harker's journals?

5. Why does Mina ask Seward for permission to visit Renfield?

6. What prayer does Mina ask her husband to read aloud?

7. How does Seward react to the idea that Lucy is a vampire after her death?

8. Why is Dracula's destruction of the property in Seward's office not a total loss to the vampire-hunting team?

9. Why do Mina and Holmwood agree to share their diaries with Seward?

10. Why is Mina left behind during the first mission of the vampire-hunting team?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mina is described as having a "man's brain" and a "woman's heart." Discuss the meaning of this description and how these qualities manifest themselves in at least three of her character's choices or actions throughout the story.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the scene in Chapter 3 where Harker is nearly seduced by the three female vampires. What does this scene tell the reader about traditional gender roles or sexuality during the time that "Dracula" was written?

Essay Topic 3

One of the novel's major themes is the conflict between the traditional and the modern. Choose three characters or events and explain, using evidence from the text, how they represent this conflict.

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