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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. Who pays for the archeologist's research?
2. How old are the cave paintings that tell the Legend of the Twins?
3. Why does Maharet decide, despite her earlier reluctance, to make Jesse into one of the undead?
4. What does the archeologist discover?
5. Which of these skills are typical of vampires?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Khayman hate Akasha?
2. Why does Baby Jenks dislike her mother?
3. Why is Baby Jenks feeling disturbed?
4. When Khayman, before the concert, gets up to move closer to another vampire, the narrator says: "He would be near to one of these two...That's what he had wanted in Athens...To be near another like himself. To speak, to touch...something." What theme does this passage illustrate?
5. In Chapter 4, The Story of Daniel, what point does the author make about how many vampires decide to take a particular action that doesn't seem to make sense?
6. How are Khayman and Akasha related in terms of age and power? What do these factors mean in terms of their modern-day relationship?
7. How does Marius feel about Akasha and Enkil?
8. The prologue gives Lestat the opportunity to talk about himself and therefore to establish his character. What does the reader learn about Lestat?
9. What happens in Lestat's music video, which Marius sees in a television store window?
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
When Marius learns that the dreams are the products of Mekare's thoughts and obsessions, he is stunned and considers the situation worse than he had imagined. Why? What does he surmise about Mekare's reawakening?
Essay Topic 2
From the start, various characters in The Queen of the Damned express the desire to be--or at least, to feel--human. Lestat, Armand and Pandora all have different strategies for recalling the sensations of being alive and human. What is it that the vampires miss about being human? What are the sensations they miss, how do they attempt to relive them, and are they successful in their efforts? Give examples and evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Several female characters have been described. Pandora is aloof and longs to be human. Akasha is a vampire with a religious fervor to save the world. Maharet seems to have some wisdom that has kept her awake for centuries. What sense does a reader get about the female vampire's place in their world? Is it positive or negative? Support your argument with examples from the book.
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