Kate O’Rourke
8-4
March 16, 2009
DRACULA
Chapters 22 -23 – Study Guide
1. What do the men discover when they return to Renfield’s room?
Renfield was lying in a heap. His face was all bruised and crushed in. The bones in his
neck were broken. (P. 398)
2. What decision do Dr. Seward and Van Helsing make regarding Mina’s knowledge of their
activities?
They decide that Mina should know everything, and nothing should be kept from her.
(P. 399)
3. Mina vows to kill herself if she will endanger the others in any way. Why does Dr. Van
Helsing tell her this can not be?
If she dies, she will be a vampire, like Dracula, and maybe even help him. She must
live so as to kill Dracula easier. (P. 400)
4. How does Van Helsing propose to enter the Count’s locked house in Piccadilly by daylight
without drawing unnecessary attention?
After a locksmith picks the lock, they will walk in, while many are about, as if they own
the place. (P. 404)
5. Why does Van Helsing say that the group will be unlikely to run into the Count during the
day?
Dracula drank a lot of Mina’s blood, so he will sleep long through the day. (P. 406-407)
6. What happens as a result of Van Helsing’s attempt to protect Mina from the Count while they
are gone?
The wafer burns into her forehead because she is “unclean” from Dracula’s blood in her
veins. (P. 408)
7. How does Van Helsing purify the boxes of earth at Carfax?
He placed a sacred wafer in each box. (P. 410)
8. What are the men distressed to learn about the boxes of earth at the Piccadilly house?
One of the boxes was missing. (P. 413)
9. What personal effects belonging to the Count do the men find at Piccadilly?
They find:
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Title deeds of Piccadilly house
Deeds of the purchase of the houses at Mile End and Bermondsey
Note paper
Envelopes
Pens
Ink
Clothes brush
Brush and comb
Jug and basin
Heap of keys
10. Describe the physical changes that have taken place in Jonathan Harker in the past twenty
four hours.
Jonathan now looks like a drawn haggard old man whose white hair matches well with
the hollow burning eyes and grief written lines of this face. (P. 415)
11. What does Van Helsing learn of Count Dracula’s mortal life?
Dracula was, as a mortal, a most wonderful man. He was a soldier, statesmen, and
alchemist. He had a mighty brain and was never scared. (P. 416)
12. What message is delivered to Van Helsing at the Piccadilly house?
Mina says that Dracula has left to visit each of his houses and he is headed to the one
in Piccadilly. (P. 418)
13. Who is the first to attempt to attack the Count upon Dracula’s arrival at Piccadilly?
Jonathan Harker was the first to act. (P. 421)
14. How does the Count escape capture from the group at Piccadilly?
He ducks under Jonathan’s arm in his attempt to strike Dracula and jumps out the
window. (P. 422)
15. What does the Count desperately attempt to take with him as he escaped from the house?
He tries to grab as much of his dropped money as he can. (P. 422)
16. What is the noise that Mina hears outside their bedroom in the night?
The noise is unknown, but Mr. Morris was outside the door and said everything was
alright. (P. 428)
17. What request does Mina make of Van Helsing?
Mina asks Van Helsing to hypnotize her. (P. 429)
18. With what information is Mina able to supply Van Helsing?
She is able to tell him that Dracula will board a ship that day and try to escape them.
(P. 430-432)