Dracula Quiz, Close Reading, and Vocabulary Development Bundle (Chapters 1-4)

Evaluate comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills with this bundle of resources covering chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Dracula by Bram Stoker. A plot-based quiz, close reading worksheets, vocabulary activities, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats.

This resource may facilitate small-group discussions in which students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development. Using this resource for structured guidance, students will improve their ability to present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly and convincingly.

By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Identify what the text says both explicitly and implicitly
• Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
• Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
• Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
• Determine the function of a given excerpt
• Explore how setting contributes to mood
• Discern the intended effects of the author’s narrative techniques
• Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Explain how gender norms of 19th Century England are broken
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including situational irony, verbal irony, dramatic irony, foreshadowing, metaphor, oxymoron, epiphany, and more
• Read a portion of Emily Gerard’s “Transylvanian Superstitions” to make sense of a character’s actions and thinking
• Conduct brief research on gypsies to explain why Harker believes they may be helpful to him
• Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
• Write about Gothic literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision