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Extra credit time. From the book.

posted 8 years ago by Otkon
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In the original novel, by whom and with what means is the Count ultimately killed?

A) The good Dutch doctor melts him with holy water and garlic.
B) The mournful English lord drives a vengeful stake into the sleeping ghoul.
C) The psychiatrist lops off his head with a sword.
D) The rising sun is reflected into his open coffin.
E) A Texan with a Bowie knife stabs him in the heart.

[–] Gary O. (1009) 7 years ago

E of course.

[–] Cookie.L.A. (2117) 7 years ago

This is a trick question. The answer is ALL of the above!

[–] Gary O. (1009) 7 years ago

In the original novel, by whom and with what means is the Count ultimately killed?

A) The good Dutch doctor melts him with holy water and garlic.
B) The mournful English lord drives a vengeful stake into the sleeping ghoul.
C) The psychiatrist lops off his head with a sword.
D) The rising sun is reflected into his open coffin.
E) A Texan with a Bowie knife stabs him in the heart.[/quote]

[quote]This is a trick question. The answer is ALL of the above!

Hardly. In the book, Quincey stabs the Count in the heart and Harker cuts his head off with his Kukri knife as the sun is setting, not rising.

The correct answer is E.