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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 does Rossi intend to do when he returns to the village where his love is, according to the end of Part Two, Chapter 47?

2. Who does Rossi think Helen is when he sees her in Part Three, Chapter 72?

3. What is the salutation in Rossi’s letters in Part Two, Chapter 45?

4. Where does Bora suggest Helen and Paul go at the end of Part Two, Chapter 48?

5. How does the narrator learn about Paul and Helen’s trip to Istanbul, according to Part Two, Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do Helen and Paul drive a silver dagger into Rossi’s heart?

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

6. Explain why Dracula took Rossi to his tomb.

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

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

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

10. Explain the courtship of Rossi and Helen’s mother from Rossi’s perspective.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare and contrast Paul’s disappearance with Rossi’s disappearance. How are they alike? How are they different? How does each disappearance impact the narrator?

Essay Topic 3

Define mood. How is it used in literature? How is it identified? What is the overall mood of The Historian? How do you know? How is it expressed?

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