View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who controlls the spirits?
(a) Only the poorest of the poor could command them.
(b) The red-haired twins.
(c) The royal couple controlls them.
(d) No one, they are independent.

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

4. What is the disagreement between Lestat and Akasha?
(a) Lestat wants Chinese for dinner; Akasha insists on Greek.
(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) Akasha wants to make all women into vampires; Lestat prefers that men only be made.

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Akasha and Lestat get to their first destination?

2. Lestat describes being "blanketed in succulent human flesh." How does he respond?

3. The idea that Mekare is alive and sending the dreams causes what emotions among the older vampires?

4. What was Lestat's childhood ambition?

5. What does Marahet say about Akasha?

Short Essay Questions

1. Akasha wants 99 percent of male humans killed, reasoning that a world ruled by women will be more peaceful than the world under the rule of men. What is the irony of that plan?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Lestat is very reluctant to cooperate with Akasha's plan and tries to talk her out of it. What is it about him that attracts her, even though she can't control him?

5. Enkil and Akasha are frightened and ashamed of what they have become, even though they have no name for it. What has come over them and how do they act?

6. 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?

7. Maharet has searched for her twin for 6,000 years. What clues or proof has she had over that time that Mekare is alive?

8. Once the twins are back in their cell, what does Amel tell them about himself?

9. Why does Marius feel so strongly about seeing Armand--whom he calls Amadeo--again?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,288 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample