Test One

Question 1

Badham’s Dracula (with Frank Langella)

Answer 1

žGothic, exotic, erotic

Question 2

The Dance of the Vampire (Tanz der Vampire)

Answer 2

Total Eclipse of the Heart, vampires win

Question 3

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Answer 3

Directed by Sergei Paradzhanov
Steeped in Ukrainian folklore
Set in Carpathian mountains
Reflects Hutsul belief system
Conflicts with sorcerer, communion with spirits
Burial customs, tragic deaths of leads

Question 4

Romanticism

Answer 4

first half of the 19th century-extends over all of the preceding
poetry, then short stories, novels and plays
exotic settings, unusual heroes
dreams, fantastic and supernatural phenomena

Question 5

Dvoeverie

Answer 5

Co-existence of pagan rituals, undertones, notion of vampires with Christianity

Question 6

important categories

Slavic Spirits

Answer 6

souls
ancestors
gods and devils
genii: spirits of fields, forests, household, water

Question 7

Souls - Everything

Answer 7

souls can freely come and go from bodies, especially while sleeping
žThey can take various forms, enter other bodies: usually familiar flying creatures
Death-funeral rituals: assume presence of the soul; remains 40 days
žGenerally friendly – but not those of sorcerers and suicides and drowned person
they are not immortal, and they can congregate, quarrel and fight with each other
žTheir actions can cause weather changes
žRelated to a Mora, nocturnal suffocating female spirit; linked with vampire, poltergeists
They can pass into other bodies, shapes (butterflies)

Question 8

The Gothic

Answer 8

mystery, gloom, fog, night, storm
desolation, isolation
animals: wolves, bat
distant past (unforgotten): sense of nostalgia
old castles, mansions, graveyards, churches (cobwebs, spiders)
mysterious sounds (howling, flapping, scratching)
mysterious figures, secrets, threat of violence
dark colors (black), blood, pale features

Question 9

Folklore - Definition

Answer 9

Stories of the people, belifs, oral history, proverbs, songs, jokes, stories, customs
genera - oral or play
generally not written unitll the 1800’s - ? authinicity

Question 10

Vampire: definition

Answer 10

reanimated corpse that derives sustenance from blood

Question 11

Vampire - Become

Answer 11

dead sorcerers, criminals= unclean spirits
Shadows of the unclean can cause vampirism
Dog or cat jumping over one can also cause vampirism

Question 12

Vampire - Signs

Answer 12

No decay of victim after death
Eats its own body; then turns to nearest relatives–killing them slowly
Shapeshift, make wailing sounds at night, suck blood of people and animals, lose power at dawn

Question 13

Vampire - Killing

Answer 13

Dig Up, Stake, Burn , (decapitate)

Question 14

Vampires - Religion

Answer 14

Crucifix
Sacred wafer
Reflects religious theme in vampire tales (“Damned”)
not all in folklore

Question 15

Poltergeist

Answer 15

apparent manifestation of an invisible but noisy, disruptive or destructive entity
Involves noises and destruction that have no apparent cause
Reports include inanimate objects being picked up and thrown as if by an invisible person; noises such as knocking, rapping, or even human voices; and petty physical attacks on human beings, such as pinching, biting, and hitting
Troublesome spirits who, unlike ghosts, haunt a particular person instead of a specific location

Question 16

Ghoul

Answer 16

Spirits that live in graveyards, monster associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh

Question 17

Shapeshifting

Answer 17

Wolves, moths, butterflies, bats, rats, mist
The ability to change form under certain conditions or possible at will. Werewolves and vampires can do this. Werewolves gain the characteristics of a wolf.

Question 18

Features of East European folklore

Answer 18

rich, imaginative belief systems
žPopulated by variety of spirits and forces
žExotic but similar names throughout E Europe
žSupernatural beings with close relationships with people (even intermarriage)
žCo-existence with Christianity (dvoeverie)

Question 19

MAP

Answer 19

see ppt

Question 20

Relevant religions:

Answer 20

Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam, pre-Christian belief structures

Question 21

Empires

Answer 21

žByzantine Empire (4th-15th centuries)
žOttoman Empire (13th-20th)
žAustrian and Austro-Hungarian Empire (19th-20th)

Question 22

Polidori contributions to vampire lore

Answer 22

Nobles, except ofr ianthe, Byronic hero, mysterious past, hint of riminal behavior, reanimated corpse, victimizes women, drains them of their blood, greek origins

Question 23

Vlad Ţepeş

Answer 23

:( impailer , 15th cetury, no evidence

Question 24

Elizabeth Bathory

Answer 24

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Question 25

Arnold Paul

Answer 25

žArnaut Pavle d. c. 1725
žMedvedja, Serbia
ž5-year gap between first and second epidemics
žSometimes called “Johannes Fluckinger Report” (1732)
žLots of named victims: old, young, male, female
žEpidemic spread by blood contact (animals too: sheep, cattle)
žVictims first “troubled” (even visited) by dead (vampires)
žGypsies involved in disposition of bodies (staking, beheading, burning)

Question 26

Peter Plogojowich

Answer 26

žPetar Blagojević/Петар Благојевић) d. 1725
žSerbian
žKisilova = Kisiljevo
žKassova (various spellings) = Kosovo

Question 27

Lastovo Island men on trial

Answer 27

Trials 1730s, in Dubrovnik (Ragusa)
žNot so well publicized
ž“Confirming” evidence: includes accounts of phenomena of earlier times
žEpidemic; desecration of graves; village religious authorities play role

Question 28

Flückinger

Answer 28

Sent to investigate the Arnold Paole case

Question 29

Bram Stoker

Answer 29

847-1912
author of Dracula 1897
Irish, college, civil servant, journalist, drama critic
personal secretary to Henry Irving (actor) in England
married, one child
wrote novels and short stories (18 books)

Question 30

Polidori

Answer 30

Wrote Vaymper

Question 31

Rymer

Answer 31

uthor of Varney the Vampire or the Feast of Blood

Question 32

Nikolai Gogol

Answer 32

Slavic (Ukrainian and Russian folklore)
žGogol’s story “Viy” (1835; 1967 film)
žGogolian humor, style

Question 33

Alan Dundes

Answer 33

a folklorist at the University of California, Berkeley.

said to have been central to establishing the study of folklore as an academic discipline
wrote 12 books, both academic and popular, and edited or co-wrote two dozen more.

Question 34

Machal

Answer 34

Slavic mythology author

Question 35

Polidori’s “The Vampyre” and Byron’s vampire story

Answer 35

nobles, except for lanthe
byronic hero (Ruthven)
mysterious past; hint of criminal behavior
reanimated corpse
victimizes women, drains them of their blood
Greek origins (Byron’s discussion of vampires)

Question 36

Viy

Answer 36

Plot
Seminary students; comic exaggeration
witches, sorcerers dominate East Slavic folklore
old woman= witch = beautiful maiden, daughter of the sotnik
Revenge story? Yes??
Connections with religion
Khoma relies on folk beliefs and basic needs, not doctrine
Magic Circle: pagan, and later Christian
žPart of Mirgorod collection (1835)
žGogol said it was based on folk stories, beliefs
žNo evidence of Vij (Viy) in folklore
žUtilizes folkloric material; illustrated propensity to believe

Question 37

Count Dracula

Answer 37

centuries-old vampire and Transylvanian nobleman
Clad in black, he is a tall old man, who is clean-shaven aside from a long, white moustache. The count has pointed ears, exceptionally pale skin, and extremely sharp teeth.
can assume the form of an animal, control the weather, stronger than twenty men, cannot enter a victim’s home unless invited, cannot cross water unless carried, is rendered powerless by daylight
staked in the heart by Jonathan Harker\

Question 38

Van Helsing

Answer 38

Dutch professor- “a philosopher and metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day”
Called by Dr. Seward to cure Lucy
He is knowledgeable of traditional science as well as vampire folklore
He is the leader of the group that hunts Dracula down and destroys him

Question 39

Jonathan Harker

Answer 39

a solicitor, or lawyer, whose firm sends him to Transylvania to conclude a real estate transaction with Dracula
prisoner in the castle and barely escapes with his life
goes a little crazy because of doubting what happened to him at the castle
emerges as a brave and fearless fighter when his information is verified

Question 40

Mina Murray

Answer 40

Jonathan Harker’s fiancee, best friend of Lucy
practical young woman who works as a schoolmistress
victimized by Dracula herself
heroine of the novel, embodying purity, innocence, and Christian faith
plays a key role in leading Van Helsing’s men to Castle Dracula

Question 41

Lucy Westenra

Answer 41

Mina’s best friend and an attractive, vivacious young woman
first victim of Dracula
proposed to by John Seward, Quincy Morris, and Arthur Holmwood (winner)
becomes a vampire and banishes her soul from the promise of eternal rest
Van Helsing’s crew hunts down the demon she becomes and kills it, following the rituals of vampire slaying, and thus restoring her soul to her body and to heaven

Question 42

John Seward

Answer 42

talented young doctor, former pupil of Van Helsing
administrator of an insane asylum not far from Dracula’s English home
conducts ambitious interviews with Renfield in order to understand better the nature of life-consuming psychosis
still loves Lucy even though she rejects his marriage proposal and dedicates himself to her care when she becomes ill

Question 43

Arthur Holmwood

Answer 43

Lucy’s fiance and a friend of her other suitors
son of Lord Godalming and inherits that title upon his father’s death
he is the first to offer Lucy a blood transfusion
he agrees to kill her demonic form

Question 44

Quincey Morris

Answer 44

a plainspoken american from Texas and another of Lucy’s suitors
proves himself a brave and good-hearted man, never begrudging Holmwood his success in winning Lucy’s hand
sacrifices his life in order to rid the world of Dracula’s influence

Question 45

Renfeild

Answer 45

a patient at Seward’s mental asylum
variously a strong behemoth and a refined gentleman
indulges a habit of consuming living creatures–flies, spiders, birds, etc.– which he believes provide him with strength, vitality, and life force

Question 46

Mrs. Westenra

Answer 46

Lucy’s mother
a brittle woman of failing health and inadvertently sabotages her daughter’s safety by interfering with Van Helsing’s folk remedies
dies of shock when a wolf leaps through Lucy’s bedroom window

Question 47

Coppola

Answer 47

Bram Stokers Dracula

Question 48

Murnau

Answer 48

Nosferatu 1922

Question 49

Herzog

Answer 49

Nosferatu 1979

Question 50

Badham

Answer 50

John Badhams Dracula 1979 wih Frank Langella

Question 51

travels at the end

Answer 51

Dracula
Czarina Catherine, which is bound for Varna
Dracula’s ship has bypassed Varna and docked in the port of Galatz
The Vampire Hunters
they board the Orient Express and make their way to Varna, where Van Helsing arranges to board the Czarina Catherine immediately after its arrival in port.
board a train to Galatz,
Mina and Van Helsing take a train
Holmwood and Harker hire a steamboat;
Seward and Morris travel across the countryside on horseback.