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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 act like a man and take care of her.
(b) She wants his body, heart, and soul.
(c) She wants him to die with her in a flaming pyre.
(d) She wants him to believe in her and become like her.

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

3. 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) It makes him think of his mother.
(c) He is disgusted and thinks she should update the style.
(d) He is entranced by it momentarily and feels joyful again.

4. What insight does Akasha have at the conference that both shocks and saddens her?
(a) Every single one of the survivors is doomed to die from sun-poisoning.
(b) The survivors lntend to withdraw her blood and bank it for future use.
(c) Not a single one of the survivors, not even Lestat, agrees with her vision.
(d) Lestat has been seeing Jesse all along.

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

6. What does Maharet reveal to the gathering?
(a) She says she has found the body of her sister in the jungle.
(b) That Akasha is, in fact, her twin.
(c) That she, Maharet, has been sending the dreams.
(d) She tells them her twin is alive, though her whereabouts are unknown.

7. What does Marius notices that every surviving vampire has in common?
(a) Though "monsters," each is beautiful in his or her own way.
(b) Each is more than six feet tall.
(c) Every one of them is unattractive, with lanky hair and blank eyes.
(d) They all smell the same.

8. How do Akasha and Lestat get to their first destination?
(a) Being exercise enthusiasts, they hike and bike as much as possible.
(b) They fly; Akasha has Lestat carry her.
(c) They charter a Lear jet; Akasha has her pilot's license.
(d) They project themselves there, using telepathy.

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

10. How do Mekare and Maharet rescue the king and queen?
(a) They refuse to even try, out of vengence for their previous treatment.
(b) They don't; it is beyond their power.
(c) The twins bathe the royal couple in holy water and chant over them.
(d) They burn incense; the smoke drives Amel out of the palace.

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

12. What is the only solution the twins can offer Akasha and Enkil to end their torment?
(a) Commit suicide and deprive the evil spirit of their bodies.
(b) Entice the spirit out with the sacrifice of 49 tender children.
(c) Seek the advice of a shaman to be found in the jungles of Peru.
(d) Walk seven times around a fire, while the witches chant and spirits pray.

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

14. What does Akasha believe will be the result of her reign?
(a) Peace on Earth.
(b) She marries Lestat in a grand ceremony.
(c) Purging fires destroy all the world's evil.
(d) Women rule all the world's countries,

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What enemy did Lestat slay when he was mortal?

2. Why do the people of Mount Carmel eat their dead?

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

4. What is Marius' condition when Pandora rescues him from the ice?

5. What is Akasha's only weakness?

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