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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marahet say about Akasha?
(a) "She is the Queen of the Damned and the Damned can't live without her."
(b) "We are damned if we do kill her and damned if we don't."
(c) "My loyalty is to the Queen and the rest of you are damned."
(d) "She has a vicious temper, but she loves us all as her children."

2. Gabrielle wants to destroy Akasha for taking her son, Lestat. What does she ask Maharet about that plan?
(a) "If I drive a stake through her heart, will Lestat survive?"
(b) "Will the rest of us lose our powers if Akasha dies?"
(c) "If I destroy this monster who's taken my son, do we all die?"
(d) "What is the most efficient way to waste her, if I get the chance?"

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

4. Why doesn't Akasha accept Lestat's suggestion that she just dazzle men into obedience rather than kill them?
(a) She doesn't want Lestat to think she gives any weight to his opinions.
(b) She is writing a feminist manifesto; the death of men is essential to the plot.
(c) She doesn't believe the men would ever obey her; they would die first.
(d) She won't be able to control women, if the men are still around.

5. What does Marius wish he had done when he had the chance?
(a) Disappeared into the centuries to lead a life of debauchery.
(b) Written down his experiences and made them into a blockbuster movie.
(c) Destroyed the Queen and King and,with them, all vampires.
(d) Danced and made merry, without the worry of keeping the Queen and King.

6. How does Lestat feel about killing for Akasha?
(a) Uneasy and reluctant.
(b) Hesitant, but willing.
(c) Nervous and excited.
(d) Ready, willing, and able.

7. How can the King and Queen reduce their extreme thirst for blood?
(a) By eating clay found on the banks of the Nile.
(b) By making other vampires--to dilute the thirst among them.
(c) By spiking the blood with vodka.
(d) By sleeping in an iron casket.

8. What was Lestat's childhood ambition?
(a) To become a vampire.
(b) To rule the countryside from his father's castle.
(c) To become the most famous wolf-slayer in France.
(d) To become a priest and do good.

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

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

11. Where had Lestat been happiest?
(a) As a child, in the monastery.
(b) As a singer in Paris.
(c) As a vampire drinking his mother's blood.
(d) As a rock star in San Francisco.

12. What is the disagreement between Lestat and Akasha?
(a) Akasha wants to make all women into vampires; Lestat prefers that men only be made.
(b) Lestat is all for killing as many men as possible; Akasha protests that only a few should be killed.
(c) Lestat is against killing the men; Akasha insists it will eventually bring world peace.
(d) Lestat wants Chinese for dinner; Akasha insists on Greek.

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

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

15. Why does Khayman want the twins to become vampires?
(a) One is a lonely number, three is a party.
(b) He needs help fighting Akasha and Enkil.
(c) Misery loves company.
(d) He, too, is an evil spirit and wants to debauch others.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the meeting of Akasha and the others, where does Lestat sit?

2. What does Maharet reveal to the gathering?

3. What skill does Lestat gain when he is with Akasha?

4. How do Mekare and Maharet rescue the king and queen?

5. Which god does Akasha represent to her subjects?

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