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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the disagreement between Lestat and Akasha?
(a) Lestat is all for killing as many men as possible; Akasha protests that only a few should be killed.
(b) Lestat wants Chinese for dinner; Akasha insists on Greek.
(c) Lestat is against killing the men; Akasha insists it will eventually bring world peace.
(d) Akasha wants to make all women into vampires; Lestat prefers that men only be made.

2. How do Akasha and Lestat get to their first destination?
(a) Being exercise enthusiasts, they hike and bike as much as possible.
(b) They fly; Akasha has Lestat carry her.
(c) They charter a Lear jet; Akasha has her pilot's license.
(d) They project themselves there, using telepathy.

3. Akasha knows something about Lestat's nature. What is it?
(a) He is argumentative.
(b) He cannot obey anyone for very long.
(c) He has attention deficit disorder.
(d) He is a compulsive overeater.

4. Where do Akasha and Lestat go first so she could begin her killing spree?
(a) A temple in the Himalayas.
(b) Mao's home, overlooking the Great Wall in China.
(c) A World Cup soccer match in London.
(d) The castle of Zeus near Athens.

5. What has Lestat become, as he and Akasha leave Greece?
(a) The last, best hope of mankind.
(b) A man-child, powerless around women.
(c) The embodiment of evil in the eyes of mortals.
(d) A wealthy potentate, dressed in silks and fine leather.

6. Which god does Akasha represent to her subjects?
(a) Ra.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Louis XIII.
(d) Mercury.

7. What are Lestat's thoughts as he falls deeper and deeper into Akasha's spell?
(a) He knows Marius will persuade Akasha to share power with the others.
(b) He is growing more excited about the plan and the prospect of being Akasha's consort.
(c) He wishes she would drop the plan and let him take her to Paris.
(d) He believes he can control Akasha with a little of his old charm.

8. Why is Marius so anxious to see Armando?
(a) Armando has taken another lover and Marius wants to berate him.
(b) Armando borrowed a fortune from Marius in another century, and never repaid it.
(c) Marius believes Armando has the power to bring back Marius' youth.
(d) Marius loves him and makes Armando a vampire to preserve him forever.

9. What finally breaks Khayman's spirit?
(a) A severed horse head under his sheets.
(b) The rotting corpse of his father, dancing at the front door.
(c) A brown bag on his doorstep, filled with excrement.
(d) A big dead fish, wrapped in newspapers.

10. Who controlls the spirits?
(a) No one, they are independent.
(b) Only the poorest of the poor could command them.
(c) The red-haired twins.
(d) The royal couple controlls them.

11. Which part of their mother's body does Mekare and Mahareta believe is most significant?
(a) The brain.
(b) The tongue.
(c) The liver.
(d) The heart.

12. Where do the remaining vampires gather?
(a) At the icy hideaway where Akasha and Enkil were kept.
(b) At the San Francisco Hyatt Regency.
(c) At the Sonoma compound, in a redwood forest.
(d) In the conference room of the Stanford University Library.

13. What enemy did Lestat slay when he was mortal?
(a) The Three Musketeers.
(b) Maurading bears.
(c) Highway robbers.
(d) Wolves.

14. Why does Khayman want the twins to become vampires?
(a) Misery loves company.
(b) He, too, is an evil spirit and wants to debauch others.
(c) One is a lonely number, three is a party.
(d) He needs help fighting Akasha and Enkil.

15. What is the threat made against Akasha by one of the twins?
(a) She will strike Akasha down, even if it means rising from the dead.
(b) Akasha's heart will be set afire and eaten, creating a dessert called baked Akasha.
(c) A man named Dracula will drive a stake through Akasha's heart, killing her.
(d) Vast Egyptian armies will surround Akasha with fire, so she will die slowly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the people of Mount Carmel eat their dead?

2. Which of the twins usually did the talking in the early days?

3. How does the group of Greek women treat Lestat when he awakens?

4. Where do Lestat and Akasha go after putting their plan into effect in Greece?

5. How can the King and Queen reduce their extreme thirst for blood?

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