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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. Who is the first vampire at the meeting to raise objections to Akasha's plan?
(a) Santino.
(b) Gabrielle.
(c) Marius.
(d) Pandora.

2. What does Marius wish he had done when he had the chance?
(a) Disappeared into the centuries to lead a life of debauchery.
(b) Destroyed the Queen and King and,with them, all vampires.
(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.

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

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

5. Lestat describes being "blanketed in succulent human flesh." How does he respond?
(a) He takes them all to the Plaka and buys a round of drinks.
(b) He murders them and flees the room.
(c) He sends the women away without feeding on them.
(d) He succumbs to the pleasures of their necks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Akasha shout as her first victim burns?

2. Why does Khayman want the twins to become vampires?

3. What does Lestat do inadvertently to his watch and purposefully to a mirror?

4. What does Akasha say about her temperament?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Akasha commands Lestat to kill in her name, starting with male acolytes at Azim's temple. What is his reaction to the order?

3. What does Maharet say about Akasha's dream?

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

5. Was Akasha unconscious and unaware during her years of dormancy?

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

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

9. 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?

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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