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STUDY GUIDE/QUIZ QUESTIONS - Dracula

Multiple Choice Format

Chapters 1 and 2:

1)What is the setting of the first part of the story?

1. 1. London, England
   2. Carpathian Mountains
   3. America
   4. Mount Everest

2. What does Jonathan Harker find waiting for him when he arrives at the Golden Krone Hotel?
   1. His fiancée, Mina had arrived to surprise him.
   2. There is a letter from Count Dracula.
   3. There is a coach waiting to take him to his final destination.
   4. There is a letter from his fiancée Mina.

3. Why does the hotel landlady beg Jonathan not to continue his journey?
   1. It is the Eve of St. George’s Day, and at midnight all evil things will have full sway.
   2. It is a full moon and at midnight all evil things will have full sway.
   3. She begs him to wait until the weather is better.
   4. She begs him to stay with her to protect her from the Count.

4. What does the landlady of the hotel give Jonathan for protection against evil?
   1. She gives him a Bible.
   2. She gives him a crucifix.
   3. She gives him a bag of herbs.
   4. She gives him a kiss.

5. What does not fit the description of the driver who meets Jonathan at the Borgo Pass?
   1. He is a short man.
   2. He has a long brown beard.
   3. He is wearing a great black hat.
   4. His eyes seemed red in the lamplight.

6. What does Jonathan find strange about his carriage ride to Castle Dracula?
   1. It is cold outside, but Jonathan stays warm in the carriage.
   2. Jonathan feels they are traveling over and over the same ground.
   3. The carriage driver will not talk to Jonathan.
   4. Jonathan keeps falling asleep.

Dracula Multiple Choice Questions Chapters 1-2 page 2

7. During Jonathan Harker’s ride to Castle Dracula, what is “all so strange and uncanny that a dreadful fear came upon [him]”?
   1. The wind suddenly stops and everything becomes instantly calm.
   2. The Count suddenly appears in the middle of the road.
   3. The caleche driver seems to command the wolves to stop howling, and they do.
   4. A wheel breaks suddenly, forcing them to stop in the dark forest.

8. What is it about the caleche driver that seems to make the biggest impression on Jonathan Harker?
   1. Jonathan cannot help but marvel at the control he has over the wolves.
   2. Jonathan cannot help but marvel at the man’s great strength.
   3. Jonathan cannot help but marvel at the man’s great size.
   4. Jonathan cannot help but marvel at the man’s command of the horses.

9. Describe the man who greets Jonathan Harker at Castle Dracula.
   1. He is a tall old man.
   2. He is clean shaven save for a long white moustache.
   3. He is dressed all in black.
   4. All of the above

10. Who are the “children of the night?”
    1. the homeless children wandering the streets
    2. the bats that fly in large winding circles above the trees
    3. the howling wolves
    4. the souls of the recently departed

11. What does Jonathan Harker notice is absent from every room he enters in the castle?
    1. books
    2. mirrors
    3. candles
    4. pictures

12. What does the Count want Jonathan Harker to teach him while at Castle Dracula?
    1. He wants to learn how to purchase real estate.
    2. He wants to speak perfect English.
    3. He wants to learn how to shoot a rifle.
    4. He wants to speak perfect French.

Dracula Multiple Choice Questions Chapters 1-2 page 3

13. What is Jonathan Harker’s occupation, and what is his purpose for coming to Transylvania?
    1. He is a college professor who has come to teach the Count English.
    2. He is an attorney who has come to make an offer to buy Castle Dracula.
    3. He is an attorney who has come to close a real estate transaction for a house the Count has purchased in England.
    4. He is a doctor who has come to find the reason for Renfield’s madness.

14. When Jonathan Harker looks in his shaving mirror, what peculiar thing does he notice about the Count?
    1. The Count has no reflection in the mirror.
    2. The Count has not changed clothes since the night before.
    3. The Count seems paler than he was on the previous evening.
    4. The Count appears to have grown younger.

15. What surprises Jonathan Harker when he tries to explore the outdoor grounds of Castle Dracula?
    1. The doors leading out of the castle are all locked.
    2. There is a large den of wolves living in a nearby cave.
    3. His window faces a large precipice that juts out over the sea.
    4. Castle Dracula is the only building for miles around.