1. Peter Plogojowitz and Arnold Pavle both hailed from the same country, a Slavic region that had long been ruled by the Turkish Ottoman Empire. What country was this? Egypt Serbia Greece Russia

2. At the time of Peter and Pavle’s alleged vampiric activities, their homeland had recently been conquered by a major European power. In fact, officials from this multinational empire were responsible for documenting these episodes and reporting them to the bulk of Western Europe. What empire was this? The British Empire The Spanish Empire The French Empire The Habsburg Empire

3. In 1725, Peter Plogojowitz died. Within ten weeks, nine more people had passed on following short, sudden illnesses. On their deathbeds, those who died said that they had been attacked by Plogojowitz. Had Plogojowitz bitten their necks and sucked their blood? Yes No

4. The foreign official who reported on Plogojowitz understandably wanted to consult his superiors before allowing the villagers to hunt the vampire. However, the villagers said they would flee the area if they couldn’t destroy Peter immediately - vampires had destroyed entire villages before, and they did not want it to happen again. When the official relented and allowed the grave to be opened, what did he detect that changed his mind? The skin was new, pink and fresh There was no odor of death The body’s hair and nails had grown All of these

5. How was Peter Plogojowitz destroyed? Cremated Impaled by a wooden stake Impaled by a wooden stake, then cremated Reduced to dust by the sun

6. Unlike Plogojowitz, documents of Pavle’s case pay special attention to his life prior to his death. Pavle was a hajduk. Which of these was a reasonable meaning of that term in the 1720s? Bandit Militia for the border areas Freedom fighter All of these applied in part

7. After Pavle’s death in 1726, several people reported having been bothered by him, and the deaths of four people were ascribed to his influence. What unique fact of Pavle’s life was offered to explain why he might have become a vampire after his death from an agricultural accident? He had been excommunicated He was attacked by a vampire while serving in the army He was illegitimate His father was a vampire

8. What steps did the local populace take to rid themselves of the vampire Arnold Pavle? They cut off his head and stuffed his mouth with wolfsbane None of these - they were restrained from taking action by authorities They exhumed him and the four people he killed, pierced their bodies with stakes, and cremated them They called in the Archbishop, who performed an exorcism

9. Five years after Pavle’s destruction, the vampire attacks seem to have began with renewed vigor. Fifteen bodies of the recently dead were exhumed, and ten were determined to have been vampires and were destroyed as such. Improbably, Pavle was blamed for this later outbreak as well. How, according to the official report, did Pavle bring about this second wave of vampire attacks? By preying on sheep that people later consumed By turning into a bat By possessing a statue in the village square By floating through the village in his spirit form

10. The official report of Arnold Pavle’s case, titled “Visum et Repertum (Seen and Reported)”, is the origin of the word “vampire” in English. True False