Question ID:PT44 S2 Q18 Passage:Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula portrayed vampires‚ the "undead" who roam at night to suck the blood of living people‚ as able to turn into bats. As a result of the pervasive influence of this novel, many people now assume that a vampire's being able to turn into a bat is an essential part of vampire myths. However, this assumption is false, for vampire myths existed in Europe long before Stoker's book. Stem:Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends? Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:At least one of the European vampire myths that predated Stoker's book did not portray vampires as strictly nocturnal. Choice B:Vampire myths in Central and South America, where real vampire bats are found, portray vampires as able to turn into bats. Choice C:Vampire myths did not exist outside Europe before the publication of Stoker's Dracula. Choice D:At least one of the European vampire myths that predated Stoker's book did not portray vampires as able to turn into bats. Choice E:At the time he wrote Dracula, Stoker was familiar with earlier European vampire myths.