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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. Does Khayman wish or ask to be made a blood drinker?
2. What is the message Lestat telepathically passes to Jesse when he kisses her during the concert?
3. What has Baby Jenks seen while searching for the Fang Gang?
4. When Baby Jenks reveals to her mother that she was no longer a virgin, what does her mother do?
5. How does Lestat pass for human?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are Khayman and Akasha related in terms of age and power? What do these factors mean in terms of their modern-day relationship?
2. What has Marius done to entertain Akasha and Enkil over the centuries?
3. What was one of the most fascinating aspects of Maharet's house for Jesse?
4. What is the point of view of the prologue. Does the reader know if this will continue throughout the book?
5. What, if any, clues are there in Part 1, Chapter 1, The Legend of the Twins that links the Legend of the Twins to the world of the vampires?
6. When Khayman, before the concert, gets up to move closer to another vampire, the narrator says: "He would be near to one of these two...That's what he had wanted in Athens...To be near another like himself. To speak, to touch...something." What theme does this passage illustrate?
7. What is Armand's dilemma in deciding whether to make Daniel a vampire?
8. What happens to Daniel after ten years, when Armand doesn't make him a vampire?
9. In Chapter 4, The Story of Daniel, what point does the author make about how many vampires decide to take a particular action that doesn't seem to make sense?
10. What happens in Lestat's music video, which Marius sees in a television store window?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several vampire characters have expressed the feeling that they lost something by becoming vampires. Several are reluctant to make other vampires, even when the individual begs. What human aspects do the vampire lose and why does it matter? Use examples from the book to support your argument.
Essay Topic 2
Lestat expresses a lifelong desire to be good, to do good, to be celebrated as a hero or a star. He wanted to become a priest, a famous entertainer and even a catalyst to show mortals the evil of vampires. What kept Lestat from realizing that overall ambition? Was it chance or something in his character? Use examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
What genre or genres is The Queen of the Damned? Give a thesis, a definition of the chosen genre, and supportive examples from the book. Discuss whether the book overlaps any other genres or in some significant way does not fit the classical definition of the chosen genre. You may also discuss "sub-genres" contained within the main narrative.
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