How well do you remember the people, places, and warnings in Bram Stoker’s Dracula? This five-question quiz follows the novel from Jonathan Harker’s journey to Transylvania to the Count’s arrival in England. Choose one answer for each question before you open the answer section. The page does not collect or store your answers.
Spoiler note: The questions reveal important events from the novel. Listen to the Dracula audiobook before taking the quiz if you want to discover the story first.
Five questions
1. What is Jonathan Harker’s profession?
- A. Doctor
- B. Solicitor
- C. Ship captain
- D. Professor
2. Whom does Lucy Westenra plan to marry?
- A. Dr John Seward
- B. Quincey Morris
- C. Arthur Holmwood
- D. Jonathan Harker
3. Who brings special knowledge to the fight against Dracula?
- A. Professor Abraham Van Helsing
- B. Mr Hawkins
- C. The captain of the Demeter
- D. Lord Godalming’s father
4. Who is Renfield?
- A. A sailor from Varna
- B. Dr Seward’s patient
- C. A Whitby solicitor
- D. Dracula’s coach driver
5. What is the name of the ship that carries Dracula’s cargo to Whitby?
- A. The Czarina Catherine
- B. The Scarborough
- C. The Demeter
- D. The Sea Mist
Show answers and explanations
- B. Solicitor. Harker has recently passed his examination and travels to Castle Dracula to help with the purchase of an English estate.
- C. Arthur Holmwood. Lucy receives three marriage proposals, but she accepts Arthur. Dr Seward and Quincey Morris remain loyal friends.
- A. Professor Abraham Van Helsing. Seward calls his former teacher for help. Van Helsing recognizes the danger and guides the group’s response.
- B. Dr Seward’s patient. Seward records Renfield’s changing behavior and notices its disturbing connection to the Count.
- C. The Demeter. The Russian schooner sails from Varna to Whitby with boxes of earth and arrives after a terrifying voyage.
Use your result
A high score shows that you followed the novel’s many journals, letters, and reports. If you missed a question, return to the relevant chapter and listen for the detail in context. Then consider how the separate records allow the characters to combine knowledge that none of them has alone.
Text and editorial source
Questions and explanations are original BookAud editorial content, checked against Bram Stoker’s novel, Project Gutenberg eBook 345. Project Gutenberg identifies the text as public domain in the United States. This quiz is not a separate recording or adaptation.