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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Akasha shout as her first victim burns?
(a) "You'll never savor the warm taste of blood again, you monster!"
(b) "I warned you I would return with a vengence!"
(c) "You fool! I was born before you and I'll live long after you've perished."
(d) "Die, damnable one! Go into the pit of perdition!"

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

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

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

5. What is the "blood god" wearing when Akasha and Lestat arrive?
(a) A caftan of spun gold.
(b) A Juicy Couture velour sweat suit.
(c) A black silk turban and jeweled robes.
(d) A suit woven of the softest cashmere.

6. How does Akasha pass time while she sits on the golden throne?
(a) She imagines a world without vampires.
(b) She practices speaking foreign languages.
(c) She creates complicated crossword puzzles in her mind.
(d) She would inhabit the body of someone who walked the earth.

7. How does the group of Greek women treat Lestat when he awakens?
(a) They treat him like a rock star, clamoring for his autograph and attention.
(b) They act as though he hired them for entertainment.
(c) They treat him like a god, bathing, anointing, and dressing him.
(d) They treat him like trash, berating him for the death of their brothers.

8. What is Akasha's response when Lestat demands they go to his friends?
(a) She laughs hysterically.
(b) She calls for the bellman.
(c) She slaps him.
(d) She kisses him passionately.

9. What skill does Lestat gain when he is with Akasha?
(a) The ability to fly.
(b) The ability to summon demons.
(c) The power to throw lightning bolts.
(d) The power to create massive storms.

10. How does Enkil come to rule his kingdom?
(a) Like Oedipus, he slays his father and marries his mother.
(b) The people of the Nile Valley anoint him king while he is still a child.
(c) He is chosen by lottery, as is the custom of his people.
(d) His mother dies and there are no female realtives to ascend to the throne.

11. What does Lestat do inadvertently to his watch and purposefully to a mirror?
(a) Makes them burst into flames with the power of his mind.
(b) Breaks them with the power of his mind.
(c) Gives them to a beggar below the balcony of his room.
(d) Smashes them with his boot.

12. What has Jesse seen that startles Marius?
(a) The possibility of making a hit television series about vampires.
(b) The pinnacle of Mt. Everest where there is secret coven.
(c) A ruby ring worn by the mother of the red-haired twins.
(d) The painting Marius made of Armand, surrounded by angels.

13. What does Akasha want Lestat to do for her?
(a) She wants him to create grand feasts for her.
(b) She wants him to bring her victims with a certain blood type.
(c) She wants him to kill mortals for her.
(d) She wants him to renounce his immortality.

14. What does the spirit Amel give to Akasha?
(a) A necklace she has lost as a child.
(b) A gold bracelet that belonged to her mother.
(c) A cape which would make her invisible.
(d) A blouse woven from the fine hair of infants.

15. What is Lestat's reaction to the vision of Baby Jenks dying?
(a) He cries.
(b) He frowns.
(c) He curses.
(d) He laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the threat made against Akasha by one of the twins?

2. Where do the remaining vampires gather?

3. Where does Akasha take Lestat after she kidnaps him from the concert.?

4. What image blinks through Lestat's mind when he looks at Jesse?

5. Akasha knows something about Lestat's nature. What is it?

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