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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 Lestat have done to the walls of Claudia's room?

2. What does Lestat discover when he tries to leave the following night?

3. When Louis and Lestat arrive in New Orleans the day after the burning of Pointe du Lac, what does Louis choose for sustenance?

4. What happens to keep Louis from killing the girl?

5. Where was Paul buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that Louis wonders about Lestat's body as it lies in the swamp.

2. What trick does Claudia tell Louis will help him adjust to the dim light at the ruins?

3. What is it that Louis comes to understand about Lestat's failure as a teacher?

4. What is the meaning of Claudia's statement that Louis "Let the flesh instruct the mind?"

5. Why does Lestat say he and Louis should share a room at the plantation?

6. The girl killed on stage by the vampires is offered a way to save her life. What is her option and what does Louis know would happen if she chose that option?

7. How does Claudia go about choosing a coffin of her own? What becomes of it?

8. What is the condition of Lestat's body when he returns to the townhouse after having been left for dead in the swamp?

9. What does Louis require of his own sister after Paul's death and why?

10. Armand says he couldn't stop Claudia's death. What is Louis's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?"

Essay Topic 2

Louis says that on the day he created the transformation of Madeline, the last vestige of humanity died within him. Explain this statement.

Essay Topic 3

In Paris, Louis tells Claudia that he is "the sorcerer's apprentice only!" What is meant by this? How does his feeling on this point impact his entire life as a vampire?

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