Chapter 26 Quiz — Dracula

What information does Mina provide during her first hypnotic trance in Chapter 26?

• She sees Dracula walking through the streets of Galatz at night
• She hears lapping water, men's voices, oars, chains, and feels air blowing on her
• She describes wolves howling and snow falling on a mountain road
• She reports complete silence and darkness inside a sealed wooden box

What problem does Dr. Seward notice about Mina's hypnotic trances?

• Mina refuses to cooperate because she fears Dracula will detect the link
• Each successive trance becomes harder to induce and yields less information
• The trances can only be performed at midnight during a full moon
• Van Helsing has lost the ability to hypnotize her after leaving Varna

What ship carried Dracula's coffin from London to Galatz?

• The Demeter, the same ship that originally brought Dracula to England
• The Czarina Catherine, captained by a Scotsman named Donelson
• The HMS Dorado, a British naval vessel requisitioned for the purpose
• The Bosphorus Star, a cargo vessel sailing under a Romanian flag

Why did the Roumanian sailors want to throw Dracula's box overboard?

• The box was leaking a foul-smelling liquid that contaminated the cargo hold
• They believed the box was cursed after seeing the "queer lookin' old man" who loaded it
• The ship's priest declared the box contained the remains of a heretic
• Captain Donelson ordered it jettisoned to lighten the ship in a storm

What happened to Petrof Skinsky after he took possession of Dracula's coffin?

• He fled Galatz with the box and was never found by the hunters
• He was found murdered with his throat torn open in a churchyard
• He betrayed the Count's location to the hunters in exchange for money
• He sailed upriver with the coffin and was intercepted by Lord Godalming

In Mina's logical analysis, why does she rule out travel by rail for Dracula?

• Trains do not run between Galatz and the Carpathian Mountains
• The coffin has no guardian on a train, risking delays that would be fatal
• Railway workers would be required to open and inspect all large boxes
• Dracula has a known fear of locomotives and modern machinery

Which river does Mina identify as the most likely route for Dracula's coffin?

• The Danube, because it is the largest and busiest river in the region
• The Pruth, because it is the most easily navigated waterway
• The Sereth, because its tributary the Bistritza loops near Castle Dracula
• The Vistula, because it connects directly to the Borgo Pass

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

Why does Jonathan Harker initially object to Van Helsing's plan?

• He believes Van Helsing is too old and frail to survive the mountain journey
• He is outraged at the idea of bringing Mina to Castle Dracula given her condition
• He wants Mina to stay behind in Galatz where she will be completely safe
• He thinks the entire group should stay together rather than splitting up

What weapons does Quincey Morris bring for the pursuit?

• Silver-tipped stakes and crucifixes blessed by a Romanian priest
• Dynamite and blasting caps from a mining supply store in Galatz
• Winchester rifles, noting they are "pretty handy in a crowd"
• Cavalry sabers and pistols purchased from a military surplus dealer

What does the word "octroi" mean as used in Mina's memorandum?

• A type of river barge used for transporting heavy cargo in Eastern Europe
• A tax levied on goods entering a town, or the officials who collect it
• A military checkpoint at a national border crossing in the Balkans
• A sealed legal document authorizing the transport of private property

How do Jonathan and Lord Godalming disguise their pursuit on the river?

• They dress as Roumanian fishermen and use a traditional wooden boat
• They fly a Roumanian flag on their steam launch to pose as a government vessel
• They hire local Slovak boatmen to pilot their launch past checkpoints
• They travel only at night to avoid being seen by Dracula's agents

What does Mina mean when she writes that she "cannot carry one arm that the rest do"?

• She is too physically weak to carry a heavy rifle on the mountain journey
• She cannot carry a crucifix because the sacred Host left a scar on her forehead
• Women in the Victorian era were forbidden by law from carrying weapons
• Van Helsing has ordered her not to carry holy water for safety reasons

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

What literary technique does Stoker use to compress the events of October 29 through November 4?

• A single omniscient narrator summarizes all events from a bird's-eye view
• Epistolary fragmentation, rapidly shifting between multiple diaries and journals
• Flashback sequences where characters recall events after they have occurred
• Dialogue-only scenes with no narrative description or interior monologue