Chapter 14 Quiz — Dracula

Why does Mina decide to transcribe Jonathan's journal on her typewriter?

• Van Helsing specifically requests a typed copy of the journal
• She wants the information ready for others in case a solemn duty arises
• Jonathan asks her to make a copy before he leaves for work
• Dr. Seward needs a readable version for his medical records

What is the primary reason Van Helsing contacts Mina Harker?

• He wants to examine Jonathan's mental health after his brain fever
• He needs her account of Lucy's sleepwalking at Whitby
• He suspects Mina has also been bitten by a vampire
• He is delivering a personal message from Lord Godalming

What playful trick does Mina pull on Van Helsing during their first meeting?

• She pretends not to know anything about Lucy's condition
• She hands him her shorthand diary, knowing he cannot read it
• She tells him Jonathan is away when he is actually at home
• She serves him lunch before telling him anything about Whitby

How does Van Helsing react to reading Mina's typewritten account of events at Whitby?

• He grows silent and asks to be left alone to think for several hours
• He becomes excited, paces the room, and calls the paper "sunshine"
• He calmly takes notes and asks methodical follow-up questions
• He weeps with grief over what Lucy must have suffered

What does Van Helsing confirm in his evening letter to Mina on September 25?

• That Lucy's death was caused by a rare tropical disease from bats
• That Jonathan's journal is entirely true and his mind is sound
• That Count Dracula has already been spotted in London by police
• That he has found a cure for the condition affecting the children

What transformation occurs in Jonathan Harker after reading Van Helsing's letter?

• He becomes paranoid and insists on barricading the house against vampires
• He regains confidence, declaring he is no longer afraid of the Count
• He decides to abandon his legal career and study medicine instead
• He falls into deeper despair and refuses to discuss Transylvania

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

In Chapter 14, Dr. Seward says the wound Lucy left on him "was becoming cicatrised." What does "cicatrised" mean?

• Growing more painful and inflamed over time
• Healing over with scar tissue; forming a scar
• Spreading infection to surrounding areas of skin
• Becoming numb and losing all sensation gradually

Van Helsing asks Seward if he believes in "corporeal transference." What does "corporeal" mean?

• Relating to military or organizational rank and authority
• Relating to the physical body rather than the spirit; material
• Relating to cooperation between multiple parties or groups
• Relating to punishment or correction of wrongdoing

What is Van Helsing's main argument in his lengthy speech to Dr. Seward about science?

• Science has already proven that vampires exist through documented case studies
• Religious faith is superior to scientific knowledge in all circumstances
• Science must remain open-minded because it cannot explain everything in nature
• Seward should abandon medicine and study folklore and mythology instead

When Seward suggests the children's wounds were made by the same creature that attacked Lucy, what does Van Helsing say?

• "That is exactly right—the same bat attacked both Lucy and the children"
• "That is true indirectly, but not directly"—meaning Lucy herself made them
• "You are wrong—the children's wounds are from a completely different cause"
• "It is too early to tell—we must examine the children first"

What newspaper does Van Helsing show Dr. Seward about the Hampstead children?

• The London Times, which Jonathan Harker reads daily for work
• The Westminster Gazette, which Jonathan recognizes by its color
• The Exeter News, where Jonathan's friend works as a journalist
• The Pall Mall Gazette, which published Dracula's shipping records

What is the last line of Chapter 14?

• "Mein Gott! Mein Gott! So soon! So soon!"
• "now that I know, I am not afraid, even of the Count"
• "They were made by Miss Lucy!"
• "Love to Madam Mina. I shall write so soon as ever I can"