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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feat does Armand challenge Louis to accomplish with him, though Louis is afraid to try?

2. When Claudia and Louis stop at a small inn in the European countryside, they're met with hostility and a warning that night is not the best time to travel. What does Claudia see above the door that warns of the occupants' ideas regarding vampires?

3. What does Dennis "offer" to Louis?

4. Louis fears being seen by the people of a particular house but Armand says the people occasionally see him. What do they believe Armand to be?

5. Louis says that one of Claudia's similarities to Lestat was in her preference regarding the amount of light. What is Claudia's preference on this point?

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 there is no difference between "coming to know" the evil of the life of a vampire and "being catapulted into it." Do you agree?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Armand say it was wrong that Claudia be made into a vampire? What does Claudia tell Louis on the subject as she seeks to have Madeline as her companion? What does this all have to do with the relationship between Claudia and Louis?

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