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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lestat meet up with some of Armand's coven of vampires?

2. What does Lestat begin to sense?

3. Why does Gabrielle agree to become a vampire?

4. What happens to cause Gabrielle to go into hysterics?

5. As a result of his capture, what has happened to Nicki?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prepares Lestat for becoming an actor in Paris?

2. What are the reactions to Lestat's sudden ascent into wealth?

3. How does Gabrielle react to becoming a vampire?

4. Describe the ability Armand has to absorb a great deal of information quickly.

5. How is the bond between Lestat and Nicki eventually broken?

6. Why can Lestat not follow through with his plan to have Nicki take Gabrielle to Italy?

7. What is the event that lets Nicolas know that Lestat has changed?

8. Explain the length of time involved in the novel about Lestat.

9. What makes Lestat want to get Renaud and his troupe of actors out of Paris?

10. Where do Gabrielle and Lestat go in Paris to escape the vampires who continue to chase them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on Theater as an Important Social Medium. Discuss how theater plays an important role in the novel from Renaud's House of Thesbians to the Theater of the Vampires to Lestat's dramatic rock concert. Discuss how theater influences audiences and helps shape public tastes and interests.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on The Obsession of Man with Immortality. The essay should focus on the search for the Fountain of Youth that has evolved into cosmetic surgery in the ages-old attempt to live forever. Use examples from The Vampire Lestat to show that immortality is not the happy condition humans imagine it to be.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on The Vulnerability of Vampires. Discuss in your essay (1) the threat of humans who hunt down vampires, (2) the threat of other vampires, and (3) the threat of long exposure to the sun or being consumed by fire.

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