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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What argument is made regarding mortals in hopes of stalling Akasha's plan?
(a) Given enough time, human males will eradicate themselves through violence.
(b) She's been asleep so long, she's lost touch with reality.
(c) The human soul and race are evolving on their own toward a peaceful world.
(d) The vampires should take time and develop less violent means of killing the men.

3. 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 eating clay found on the banks of the Nile.
(d) By sleeping in an iron casket.

4. Where does Akasha take Lestat after she kidnaps him from the concert.?
(a) The Sonoma compound.
(b) The pyramids in Egypt.
(c) His father's ruined castle.
(d) The old theater district in Paris.

5. The idea that Mekare is alive and sending the dreams causes what emotions among the older vampires?
(a) Annoyance that their sleep has been so badly disturbed the past 10 nights.
(b) Joy that she is alive and apparently coming to see them.
(c) A certain dread about her purpose in sending the dreams.
(d) Apprehension that she will join ranks with their enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maharet reveal to the gathering?

2. Where do Lestat and Akasha go after putting their plan into effect in Greece?

3. What does Marius notices that every surviving vampire has in common?

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

5. What does Akasha believe will be the result of her reign?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Marius' reaction to the gathering of vampires which he has joined?

2. What weapon with sentimental meaning does Akasha show Lestat in his father's castle?

3. Akasha tells Lestat why she loves him. What does she say?

4. Marius suggests that Akasha postpone her plans until she can see that humans are evolving toward peace on their own. What is Akasha's response?

5. What, to Maharet, is more important than her life, even more important than finding her twin?

6. What has Jesse seen that adds to the vampires' belief Mekare is sending the dreams?

7. Describe Lestat's feelings as he watches Akasha's plan unfolding.

8. Khayman is the longtime servant of the King and Queen. He also has a soft spot for the twins. To whom is he the most loyal during the early period of the vampires?

9. When the twins fail to restore them, the King and Queen first vow to kill them but settle for plucking out Maharet's eyes and cutting out Mekare's tongue. What happens to the eyes and the tongue, and then what happens to the twins?

10. Why is Akasha so intent on questioning the twins and, through them, the spirits? What does she hopes to gain?

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