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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 does Louis learn is Babette's fate?

2. What is the condition of Louis and Claudia as they leave the house?

3. How do they hide what happened to the man?

4. What claim did Paul make that prompted the argument with Louis?

5. What trick does Claudia often use to find a victim for feeding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lestat say about a vampire who is starving?

2. Why does Claudia say the hotel in Paris is the perfect place for them to live?

3. What does Claudia say about Lestat's chances of surviving the fire at their New Orleans town house?

4. What effect does Claudia's presences have on Louis's wavering desire to leave Lestat?

5. Describe Louis's first interaction with a vampire in Paris.

6. What does Armand say about having a child become a vampire?

7. Louis says that to see Satan would be a relief. Why?

8. Describe the sounds Louis described as Lestat took his life.

9. Louis says he expected Madeline to come to hate her life as a vampire once she realizes that it is now the reality of her life, but comes to realize that there's a reason she doesn't. What is that reason?

10. Louis says that he preferred taking the life of an animal over that of a human. What reason does he give?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From the very beginning, there are some major differences between Lestat and Louis. List three and describe them in detail.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Claudia came to realize that she had been cheated by being made into a vampire at such a young age. Compare her reactions as she fully understands the situation to Armand's statement that a child should never be made into a vampire.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Louis and Claudia travel. What specific problems would they encounter aboard a ship that they would not have encountered in a large city? What kinds of places serve as the best "hunting grounds?"

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