Dracula Study Guide

1. Jonathan Harker is in Transylvania

• doing research on vampire lore
• to plan his honeymoon
• studying history
• for a business trip

2. In general, the people he meets, on learning that he is going to Dracula's castle

• are afraid of him, and many of them try to shield their children's eyes from him
• are curious, and many of them ask him questions about why he would go there
• are afraid for him, and many of them try to give him charms to protect him
• shun him coldly, and many of them spit in his direction

3. At Bistritz, the innkeeper's wife

• tells him that it's Halloween soon, and he should be careful
• warns him that tomorrow is St. George's day, and on the eve of St. George's day, forces of evil are at their strongest
• reminds him that winter is coming, and the voyage to the castle may be difficult
• warns him that the full moon is soon

4. Jonathan is meeting Dracula to

• ask questions about the history of Transylvania and Wallachia
• help the Count to buy an estate in England
• try and find lodging at the castle for his upcoming honeymoon
• ask questions about local superstitions

5. Dracula, when Jonathan first meets him, is

• a young man
• a middle-aged man
• an old man
• a teenage boy

6. The castle is surrounded by

• wolves
• moaning peasants
• bats
• a moat

7. While shaving, Jonathan realizes that

• he has lost a lot of blood recently
• the Count has no reflection
• there are insects boring into his skin
• the Count has been lying to him

8. After exploring the castle, Jonathan also soon realizes that

• there are huge bat caves under the castle
• the exits are locked, and he is a prisoner
• there is a giant underwater passageway
• all of the above

9. When Jonathan encounters the three vampire women, his feelings could best be described as

• despair and loneliness
• anger and fear
• fear and desire
• fear and sadness

10. Dracula is an epistolary novel. This means that

• both the novel is religious in theme and the novel is in the third-person
• the novel is religious in theme
• the novel is in the third-person
• the novel is composed of letters and journal entries