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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 Claudia attempt to kill Lestat?

2. Why is Lestat feeling strong after being pulled from the earth?

3. How does Marius remove Those Who Must Be Kept?

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

5. What property does Lestat own in New Orleans?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is it clear that Marius went looking for Lestat on purpose?

3. How does the old vampire's prediction come true for Marius?

4. How does Marius let Lestat know that he has nothing to fear while he is a guest in his house?

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

6. When Lestat cannot locate Marius and Gabrielle takes off for deep Africa, how does the reader see Lestat's depression?

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

8. How is Marius aided in the process of taking Those Who Must Be Kept out of Egypt?

9. what are the two major topics of interest to Lestat as he reads mail from Paris?

10. In Alexandria, what does Marius learn about the beginnings of vampires and what happened to turn them all black and charred?

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 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 2

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 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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