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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Daniel after he sips some of Armand's blood?

2. How does Daniel get involved in the vampire world?

3. What is the message Lestat telepathically passes to Jesse when he kisses her during the concert?

4. What is Talamasca?

5. How old are the cave paintings that tell the Legend of the Twins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Khayman feel when he wakes up (besides hungry)? How does this feeling tie in with one of the themes of the book?

2. Did Jesse feel more loyalty to the Great Family or to Talamasca?

3. What happens in Lestat's music video, which Marius sees in a television store window?

4. What is one of the primary purposes of the Prologue of The Queen of the Damned? Why is that important?

5. How does Akasha mock Marius when she awakens?

6. What has Marius done to entertain Akasha and Enkil over the centuries?

7. Why is Pandora so worried about Marius?

8. What, if any, clues are there in Part 1, Chapter 1, The Legend of the Twins that links the Legend of the Twins to the world of the vampires?

9. What is Jesse's first reaction when David Talbot asked her to investigate the veracity of Interview with the Vampire?

10. Does the archeologist's daughter really understand what her father has spent his life studying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout The Queen of the Damned, vampires and some mortals struggle with the concepts of right and wrong, mortality and immortality, spirit and flesh, belief and non-belief. In your opinion, what is the outcome? Use examples to illustrate your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Lestat expresses a lifelong desire to be good, to do good, to be celebrated as a hero or a star. He wanted to become a priest, a famous entertainer and even a catalyst to show mortals the evil of vampires. What kept Lestat from realizing that overall ambition? Was it chance or something in his character? Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What genre or genres is The Queen of the Damned? Give a thesis, a definition of the chosen genre, and supportive examples from the book. Discuss whether the book overlaps any other genres or in some significant way does not fit the classical definition of the chosen genre. You may also discuss "sub-genres" contained within the main narrative.

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