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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 Paul take the dragon book to when he discovers it does not belong in the library?

2. What happened to the grubby male librarian?

3. Where does the narrator live when the story begins?

4. In what language were the maps found by Rossi in Istanbul labeled?

5. What is the printing date Howard Martin gives the dragon book when he analyzes it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Barley angry with the narrator when she leaves Amsterdam in Part Two, Chapter 25?

2. Who is Helen? Why is she researching Dracula?

3. Why does the narrator read the fictional account of Dracula in Bram Stoker’s novel?

4. Why is Paul concerned about Helen in Part One, Chapter 23? How does she reassure him?

5. How does Rossi react to Hedges’s death? What does this reveal about Rossi?

6. Why was Hedges attacked?

7. Explain what prompts Paul to tell the narrator about events from his past.

8. Why are Rossi’s letters addressed to “my dear and unfortunate successor”?

9. Explain what prompted Rossi to give up his initial research into the green dragon book.

10. Explain the relationship between Rossi and Paul.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define characterization. Identify and define each type of characterization, and give at least one example of each from the story.

Essay Topic 2

Give a brief literary analysis and critique of The Historian.

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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