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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. Where do the remaining vampires gather?
(a) At the San Francisco Hyatt Regency.
(b) At the icy hideaway where Akasha and Enkil were kept.
(c) In the conference room of the Stanford University Library.
(d) At the Sonoma compound, in a redwood forest.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What enemy did Lestat slay when he was mortal?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Maurading bears.
(c) Highway robbers.
(d) The Three Musketeers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Lestat imbibing when he is with Akasha that gives him power and pleasure?

3. What was Lestat's childhood ambition?

4. What image blinks through Lestat's mind when he looks at Jesse?

5. What has Maharet been doing during the vampire catastrophes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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