Chapter 6 Quiz — Dracula

What seaside town does Mina Murray visit at the beginning of Chapter 6?

• Scarborough, a popular Victorian resort town
• Whitby, on the northeastern coast of England
• Dover, overlooking the English Channel
• Brighton, on the southern coast of England

What term does Dr. Seward coin to classify Renfield's behavior?

• Hemophagous maniac (a blood-drinking obsessive)
• Zoophagous maniac (a life-eating obsessive)
• Necrophagous maniac (a death-consuming obsessive)
• Sanguineous maniac (a blood-craving obsessive)

What is Renfield's food chain in the correct order?

• Spiders, then flies, then birds, then a requested cat
• Flies, then spiders, then sparrows, then a requested kitten
• Beetles, then spiders, then mice, then a requested dog
• Moths, then lizards, then sparrows, then a requested cat

What does Mr. Swales argue about the tombstones in the Whitby churchyard?

• They are beautiful works of art deserving preservation and care
• They contain lies because many graves are empty or inscriptions are false
• They should be replaced with modern memorial plaques for accuracy
• They prove the existence of ghosts and supernatural phenomena

Why is Mina anxious throughout Chapter 6?

• She fears Lucy's engagement to Arthur Holmwood will fail
• She has not heard from her fiance Jonathan Harker for weeks
• She is worried about the approaching winter storms in Whitby
• She suspects Dr. Seward is mistreating his asylum patients

What does the coastguard observe at the end of the chapter?

• A local fishing boat capsized in the storm off the harbour
• A strange Russian ship sailing erratically toward Whitby
• A fleet of naval vessels performing military exercises at sea
• A whale breaching near the harbour entrance during the storm

What literary technique does Stoker primarily use to structure Chapter 6?

• Third-person omniscient narration with shifting perspectives
• Epistolary narration through Mina's journal and Seward's diary
• First-person narration solely from Dr. Seward's point of view
• Stream of consciousness narration from multiple characters

What change comes over Mr. Swales during his final appearance in the chapter?

• He becomes angry and confrontational toward Mina and Lucy
• He drops his comic irreverence and sincerely confesses his fear of death
• He reveals a secret about Lucy's family and their connection to the abbey
• He becomes delirious and claims to see ghosts in the churchyard

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

What does "expostulate" mean as used in Dr. Seward's diary?

• To praise someone warmly for good behavior
• To reason earnestly with someone to dissuade them
• To punish someone severely for misconduct
• To observe someone carefully without intervening

What does "carrion" mean in the phrase "a horrid blowfly, bloated with some carrion food"?

• Sweet nectar collected from wildflowers in summer
• Fresh meat prepared for human consumption at meals
• The decaying flesh of dead animals or organisms
• A type of grain stored in barns during harvest season

What does the Yorkshire dialect word "kirkgarth" mean?

• A harbour wall extending into the sea for protection
• A churchyard or the enclosed grounds around a church
• A fishing boat used in the Greenland whaling fleet
• A stone seat carved into the cliff overlooking the ocean