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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. What surprise package awaits Lestat in Cairo?

2. What does Marius learn from drinking Akasha's blood?

3. How does Marius react when he sees that Lestat is in the sanctuary?

4. After drinking the blood from the burnt vampire, what does Marius feed on?

5. What do the vampires call the process of making another vampire?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Armand pays Lestat a visit, what does Lestat decide to do in 1929?

2. Why is Gabrielle's idea of freedom much different from Lestat's?

3. Having returned in 1984, what is Lestat about to do that has other vampires up in arms?

4. What nearly disastrous thing does Lestat do in New Orleans?

5. How do the riots start at Lestat's San Francisco rock concert?

6. How does Gabrielle behave from the very beginning of the journey she goes on with Lestat?

7. What admission does Marius make to Lestat?

8. In what way is Marius different from Armand as Lestat raises his questions?

9. What occurs in Lestat as his body becomes emaciated from lack of drinking blood?

10. What special privilege is given Marius as he prepares to remove the ancient vampires?

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 Good Versus Evil in The Vampire Lestat. Include in your essay how the lines blur somewhat with

Lestat's concern for mortals. Discuss the different ways becoming a vampire affects different people: (1) Gabrielle embraces her new existence; (2) Nicki goes completely insane; (3) Claudia becomes murderous.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the romance of vampire legend. In your essay use the points of (1) fatal attraction, (2) the desire for super powers, and (3) the usually rich and opulent surroundings of vampires.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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