Dracula by Bram Stoker Quiz and Answer Key Bundle for High School

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this bundle of plot-based quizzes covering the entirety of Dracula by Bram Stoker. Each assessment may double as a guided reading handout to facilitate active engagement with fiction. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in both Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive bundle is available.) A breakdown of content follows.

Chapters 1-4 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Jonathan's reason for his travels

• Count Dracula's letter

• The gift of a rosary

• The howling of wolves in the distance

• The nature of Jonathan's formal introduction to Dracula

• Omens of dangerous events to come

• Jonathan's shaving accident

• Dracula's demands of Jonathan

• The attempted seduction of Jonathan by three strange women

• Jonathan's encounter with gypsies

• Dracula's stealing of Jonathan's identity

• Jonathan's stunning discoveries

Chapters 5-7 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Mina's letters to Lucy

• Lucy's marriage proposals

• Dr. Seward's work

• The reason for Dr. Seward's sadness

• The characterization of Renfield

• Mina's anxiety relating to Lucy

• The content of a newspaper article

• Lucy's city of residence

• Dracula's supernatural capabilities

Chapters 8-10 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Lucy's sleepwalking tendencies

• The appearance of pinpricks on Lucy's neck

• Renfield's behavior

• Jonathan's illness

• Jonathan's journal

• Jonathan and Mina's wedding

• Dr. Seward's decision to release Renfield

• The effect of a bat's appearance of Renfield

• Van Helsing's profession

• Lucy's medical needs

• Van Helsing's recommendations to help Lucy

Chapters 11-13 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• How Mrs. Westenra compromises Lucy's wellness

• Van Helsing's efforts to protect Lucy

• Lucy's claims of a bat striking against her window

• The content of a featured newspaper article

• The nature of Seward's injuries

• Mrs. Westenra's cause of death

• Lucy's memo

• The relationship between Hawkins and Jonathan

• Renfield's observations

• Van Helsing's refusal to let Arthur kiss Lucy

Chapters 14-17 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Van Helsing's appreciation for Mina's contributions

• Reasons for Mina's sense of guilt

• Renfield's surprising sanity

• Seward's cautious belief in the occult

• A rash of child abductions

• Seward's rationalization of an empty casket

• Van Helsing and Seward's desire not to get personally involved with police

• The process of releasing Lucy's soul

• Arthur's reluctance to accept the plan

• How the group intends to keep Lucy from accessing the interior of her casket

• Mina's responsibilities on behalf of the group

• Jonathan's intentions

Chapters 18-21 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Renfield's previous behaviors

• The purpose of a group meeting

• Van Helsing's assessment of Dracula's brain

• Dracula's limitations

• The general consensus that Renfield may be ready for release from the asylum

• The emergence of hundreds of rats

• Signs of Mina's decline

• Jonathan's relief over keeping Mina out of the loop

• The plan to enter Dracula's Piccadilly residence

• Dracula's feeding on Mina

• Renfield's death

Chapters 22-24 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• The lie about Renfield's death

• The group's decision to stop hiding information from Mina

• Mina's concern that she specifically is endangering the men in her group

• Mina's bodily reaction to the Communion wafer

• The process of neutralizing Dracula's wooden boxes

• The purpose of Mina's telegram

• Dracula's unsuccessful attack against the men

• Van Helsing's logic

• Mina's hypnosis

• Dracula's mode of travel

• Mina's fear of jeopardizing the group's success

• Jonathan's will

Chapters 25-27 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• An agreement agreed to by the entire group

• Mina's hypnosis

• Van Helsing's theories about Dracula's manipulation

• Seward's concern for others' traveling efforts

• Van Helsing's mode of protecting Mina and himself from danger

• The return of the three sisters

• Dracula's defeat

• The nature of Jonathan's injuries

• The death of Morris

• Morris's dying thoughts

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