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

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

3. Where do Akasha and Lestat go first so she could begin her killing spree?
(a) The castle of Zeus near Athens.
(b) Mao's home, overlooking the Great Wall in China.
(c) A World Cup soccer match in London.
(d) A temple in the Himalayas.

4. Why is Marius so anxious to see Armando?
(a) Armando borrowed a fortune from Marius in another century, and never repaid it.
(b) Armando has taken another lover and Marius wants to berate him.
(c) Marius believes Armando has the power to bring back Marius' youth.
(d) Marius loves him and makes Armando a vampire to preserve him forever.

5. Where do Lestat and Akasha go after putting their plan into effect in Greece?
(a) San Francisco
(b) Haiti.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Akasha's response when Lestat demands they go to his friends?

2. What are Lestat's thoughts as he falls deeper and deeper into Akasha's spell?

3. How does Akasha pass time while she sits on the golden throne?

4. Which of the twins usually did the talking in the early days?

5. What was Lestat's childhood ambition?

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. How does Lestat feel about the events that led to him becoming a vampire?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Who was keeping Akasha still on the throne and what does she do to that person?

10. 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?

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