Chapter 21 Quiz — Dracula

How is Renfield found at the beginning of Chapter 21?

• Sitting upright in bed, muttering about his Master arriving soon
• Lying on the floor in a pool of blood with a broken back and crushed skull
• Standing at the window calling out to the mist in the courtyard
• Unconscious in the corridor after attempting to escape the asylum

What surgical procedure does Van Helsing perform on Renfield?

• A blood transfusion to replace the blood Renfield has lost from his wounds
• Trephining—drilling into the skull to relieve pressure from brain hemorrhage
• Setting the broken bones in his back and immobilizing him with a brace
• Stitching the deep facial wounds to stop the bleeding from his injuries

What does Dracula promise Renfield in exchange for an invitation to enter the asylum?

• Eternal life as an immortal vampire with supernatural powers and strength
• Freedom from the asylum and safe passage to a foreign country of his choosing
• Lives—flies, moths, rats, dogs, and cats—"all red blood, with years of life in it"
• Dominion over the other patients and the ability to command Dr. Seward

What causes Renfield to turn against Dracula and fight him?

• Van Helsing convinces Renfield that Dracula has been lying about all his promises
• Renfield realizes Mina Harker has grown pale and that Dracula has been draining her blood
• Dracula threatens to kill Renfield if he does not recruit more victims for him
• Renfield sees Dracula attack one of the asylum attendants and feels guilty

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

What object does Van Helsing use to repel Dracula in the Harkers' bedroom?

• A silver crucifix blessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury for this purpose
• An envelope containing the Sacred Wafer (consecrated Communion Host)
• A vial of holy water brought from a church in Amsterdam by Van Helsing
• A wreath of garlic flowers woven together with strands of wild rose

In what form does Dracula escape from the Harkers' bedroom?

• He transforms into a bat and flies out through the open bedroom window
• He dissolves into faint vapor that trails under the door during a moment of darkness
• He leaps from the window in human form and runs across the lawn into the trees
• He sinks through the floor as mist and escapes through the building's foundation

What does Dracula's phrase "flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood" deliberately echo?

• The ancient Greek oath of blood brotherhood used by Spartan warriors
• Biblical language from Genesis describing the creation of Eve from Adam
• A traditional Romanian wedding blessing spoken by village priests
• The Latin inscription found on Dracula's family crest at Castle Dracula

In the chapter, Seward writes that "the patient was now breathing stertorously." What does "stertorously" mean?

• Silently and without any detectable rhythm or pattern of breathing
• With heavy, labored, snoring or rasping sounds indicating serious injury
• Rapidly and shallowly, as though hyperventilating from extreme panic
• Intermittently, with long pauses between each increasingly weak breath

Why does Mina cry "Unclean, unclean!" after the attack?

• She is disgusted by the physical blood on her nightdress and face and wants to wash
• She feels spiritually contaminated by the forced blood exchange and fears harming Jonathan
• She is quoting a prayer that Van Helsing taught her to ward off vampire influence
• She is delirious from blood loss and does not understand what she is saying

What does Arthur Godalming discover that Dracula destroyed in the study?

• The weapons the group had assembled, including stakes and crucifixes for the hunt
• The group's manuscript records and Dr. Seward's phonograph wax cylinders
• Van Helsing's medical supplies and the remaining vials of sacred communion wafers
• Maps showing the locations of Dracula's earth-boxes across London

Why does the destruction of these records fail to defeat the group?

• Van Helsing has already memorized every detail from the manuscript by heart
• Mina made shorthand copies of everything that Dracula could not find to burn
• Dr. Seward reveals there is another complete copy stored in the safe
• Jonathan Harker kept his own separate journal that duplicates all the information

Van Helsing returns with "extraordinary celerity." What does "celerity" mean?

• Caution and deliberateness, moving slowly to avoid making errors
• Swiftness of movement or action; great rapidity and speed
• Solemnity and gravity, reflecting the seriousness of the medical situation
• Enthusiasm and eagerness, showing excitement about performing the surgery

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

What visible physical change does Jonathan Harker undergo during Mina's narration?

• Deep scratch marks appear on his hands from clenching his fists during the account
• His face becomes flushed bright red with rage as he hears each new detail
• His hair turns white as the dawn light reveals the transformation caused by trauma
• His eyes develop a reddish tint similar to those of a vampire from shock