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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Lestat's thoughts as he falls deeper and deeper into Akasha's spell?
(a) He believes he can control Akasha with a little of his old charm.
(b) He knows Marius will persuade Akasha to share power with the others.
(c) He wishes she would drop the plan and let him take her to Paris.
(d) He is growing more excited about the plan and the prospect of being Akasha's consort.

2. What does Lestat do at Akasha's command and under the influence of her blood?
(a) He slaughters dozens of men mindlessly, taking pleasure in their deathsl
(b) He bars the front gates and traps the women, so they could be killed.
(c) He causes the mountain to erupt as a volcano, killing all inhabitants.
(d) He dismembers the blood king and eats his heart and brain.

3. What does Akasha say about her temperament?
(a) She has matured and calmed down during the years of dormancy.
(b) She has always been a ruler and doesn't intend to give it up now.
(c) She might have a temper but, deep down, her heart is soft.
(d) She knows she is strong, powerful and bold.

4. 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.

5. What does Akasha want from Lestat, as she is taking him from place to place to see the poor and downtrodden?
(a) She wants him to die with her in a flaming pyre.
(b) She wants his body, heart, and soul.
(c) She wants him to act like a man and take care of her.
(d) She wants him to believe in her and become like her.

6. What effect does Maharet's red hair have on Marius' mood?
(a) He has the urge to wrap it around him like a cloak.
(b) He is disgusted and thinks she should update the style.
(c) He is entranced by it momentarily and feels joyful again.
(d) It makes him think of his mother.

7. Who or what mortally wounded Akasha and Enkil when they were humans?
(a) Khayman, out of guilt for what they made him do to the twins.
(b) Noblemen, who wanted to be rid of the king and queen so they could return to their old traditions.
(c) An evil spirit, acting on behest of the red-haired twins.
(d) A falling marble pillar, rocked from its foundation in an earthquake.

8. Why do the people of Mount Carmel eat their dead?
(a) There is a famine in the countryside and people are starving.
(b) A neighboring tribe forces them to become cannibals.
(c) So the flesh of the dead would not rot and their souls could flourish.
(d) They have a taste for the tender flesh of relatives.

9. Akasha knows something about Lestat's nature. What is it?
(a) He cannot obey anyone for very long.
(b) He has attention deficit disorder.
(c) He is argumentative.
(d) He is a compulsive overeater.

10. At the meeting of Akasha and the others, where does Lestat sit?
(a) At Akasha's right hand.
(b) To the left of Maharat.
(c) In Armand's lap.
(d) At Akasha's feet.

11. What is the reaction of Akasha and Enkil to their transformation?
(a) Shame.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Lust.

12. What does Marius suggest the vampires do when they learn of the massacres committed by Akasha and Lestat?
(a) Kill Akasha.
(b) Join in Akasha's plan.
(c) Hide from Akasha.
(d) Call 911.

13. Where do the remaining vampires gather?
(a) At the icy hideaway where Akasha and Enkil were kept.
(b) At the Sonoma compound, in a redwood forest.
(c) At the San Francisco Hyatt Regency.
(d) In the conference room of the Stanford University Library.

14. Which of the twins usually did the talking in the early days?
(a) Mekare.
(b) Both are mute.
(c) Both; they say everything in unison.
(d) Maharet.

15. What is the reaction of the other vampires as Akasha is destroyed?
(a) They realize they will miss her, and begin to weep.
(b) They ask for a bite of her brain and her heart.
(c) They, too, begin to die.
(d) They race from the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Armand dreaming when Akasha lets Lestat see him?

2. What insight does Akasha have at the conference that both shocks and saddens her?

3. Gabrielle wants to destroy Akasha for taking her son, Lestat. What does she ask Maharet about that plan?

4. What does Marahet say about Akasha?

5. Why doesn't Akasha accept Lestat's suggestion that she just dazzle men into obedience rather than kill them?

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