Chapter 7 Quiz — Dracula

What is the name of the ship that arrives in Whitby during the storm?

• The Carpathia
• The Demeter
• The Czarina Catherine
• The Dorotea

What is found tied to the wheel of the Demeter when it arrives in Whitby?

• A wooden stake
• A dead captain holding a crucifix
• A ship's log wrapped in cloth
• An unconscious sailor

What animal leaps from the Demeter the instant it strikes the shore?

• A large wolf
• An immense dog
• A great bat
• A black cat

What cargo is the Demeter carrying to Whitby?

• Silver ore and timber
• Silver sand and great wooden boxes filled with mould
• Wine barrels and silk
• Nothing -- the ship is empty

What does the first mate of the Demeter claim happened when he stabbed the mysterious figure?

• The figure screamed and fled below
• The knife went through it, empty as the air
• The figure grabbed the knife from him
• The figure transformed into a bat

How does the first mate of the Demeter die?

• He is found drained of blood
• He deliberately throws himself overboard
• He is strangled by the mysterious figure
• He falls from the rigging during the storm

What literary work is quoted in the newspaper account of the storm?

• Paradise Lost by Milton
• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge
• The Odyssey by Homer
• The Tempest by Shakespeare

Who takes formal possession of the boxes of earth from the Demeter?

• The Russian consul
• Mr. S.F. Billington, a Whitby solicitor
• Professor Van Helsing
• Jonathan Harker

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

In the chapter, the reporter uses the Latin phrase "mirabile dictu" to describe the Demeter's entry into the harbor. What does this phrase mean?

• God help us
• Wonderful to tell / amazingly
• Against all hope
• By the grace of God

The captain's log mentions that the crew sent a "round robin" to request double watches. What is a round robin in this context?

• A type of bird kept aboard for good luck
• A petition signed in a circle so no one name appears first
• A rotating schedule for meals
• A navigational chart

A young law student in the chapter mentions "mortmain" in connection with the dead captain holding the ship's tiller. What does mortmain literally mean?

• Sea law
• Dead hand
• Royal claim
• Shipwreck rights