DRACULA
Chapters 3 & 4 – Study Guide
Chapters 3-4:
1. Describe Jonathan Harker’s thoughts after he discovers the Count laying the table in the dining room.
Jonathan Harker realizes that there are no servants in Castle Dracula, that the Count has been doing all the work around, the castle, and that the carriage driver was in fact
Dracula. P.38
2. Count Dracula claims to be the ancestor of what famous warrior?
Count Dracula claims to be the ancestor of Attila the Hun. P.39
3. What does the Count warn Jonathan not to do when he is alone at night?
The Count warns Jonathan Harker not to sleep anywhere in the castle but his designated rooms, for strange things will happen. P.45
4. Describe the way Jonathan Harker sees the Count leave the Castle.
Jonathan Harker sees the Count leave the castle in a very peculiar way. The Count crawls down the castle face down, as if he were a lizard. P.47
5. Jonathan Harker falls asleep in the parlor. What does he see upon waking?
Upon waking up in the parlor, Jonathan Harker sees three beautiful women. They are laugh and giggle, and finally one of them tries to suck Jonathan’s blood. P.51, 52
6. Describe the Count’s reaction to finding the women with Jonathan Harker.
When the Count finds the women with Jonathan in the parlor, he is furious. His eyes are ablaze, and he throws one of the women across the room. P.53
7. What does Jonathan Harker believe he hears coming from the bag the Count had thrown to the floor?
Jonathan believes he heard a gasp and a low wail, like that of a smothered baby. P.54
8. What happens to the women and the bag?
The women and the bag fade away into the moonlight. P.54
9. The Count instructs Jonathan to write three letters home. What is the content of these letters?

The first letter the Count instructs Jonathan to write home saying that his work is almost done and he will be home soon. The second is to say that he is leaving the next morning from the time of the letter, and the third is to say that he had left the castle and arrived in
Bistritz. P.56
10. Jonathan attempts to send letters home without the Count reading them. What happens to the letters?
When Jonathan gives letters to the Szgany gypsies to be delivered without the Count reading them, the Szganys give the letters to the Count. P.58
11. What does Jonathan discover upon waking on 31 May?
When he awakes on May 31, Jonathan discovers that all of his notes, papers, and clothing are gone. P.59
12. What do the Slovaks deliver to the castle?
The Slovaks brought large, apparently empty, boxes to Castle Dracula. P.60
13. When Count Dracula leaves the castle on 24 June, what does Jonathan Harker notice?
When the Count leaves on the 24 th
, Jonathan notices that the Count is wearing his traveling suit, no doubt to frame Jonathan for any crimes he may commit. P.61
14. Jonathan goes to the window when he hears the agonizing cry of a woman. What does she yell upon seeing Jonathan’s face in the window?
When Jonathan peeks his head out the window to see where the cries are coming from, the woman yelling screams, “Monster, give me my child!” P.62
15. What happens to the woman as she continues to bang on the door of the Count’s castle?
As the woman pounds on the door, the Count calls on the wolves, and they attack her, killing her. P63
16. Jonathan decides to climb the wall of the castle into the Count’s room. Describe what
Jonathan Harker discovers in the Count’s room.
When Jonathan enters Count Dracula’s room, he notices that there is very little furniture, piles of very old gold and jewelry, and a large heavy door that opens into a dark corridor. P.65
17. Jonathan tells the Count that he wants to leave the night of 29 June, but he suddenly changes his mind. Why?

Jonathan changes his mind because as the Count opens the doors for his departure, the wolves come back, snapping and howling. Jonathan realizes that he is at the mercy of the Count and his powerful allies, and decides to stay. P.68
18. What does Jonathan Harker find when he goes back to the Count’s room to look for a key to the door?
Jonathan finds Count Dracula lying in his box, seemingly younger. His hair and moustache are now grayish, not white, and his mouth is covered in blood. P.70