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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. How does Akasha pass time while she sits on the golden throne?
2. What has Lestat become, as he and Akasha leave Greece?
3. Where do Lestat and Akasha go after putting their plan into effect in Greece?
4. Where do Akasha and Lestat go first so she could begin her killing spree?
5. What insight does Akasha have at the conference that both shocks and saddens her?
Short Essay Questions
1. Once the twins are back in their cell, what does Amel tell them about himself?
2. Why does Marius feel so strongly about seeing Armand--whom he calls Amadeo--again?
3. Khayman is the longtime servant of the King and Queen. He also has a soft spot for the twins. To whom is he the most loyal during the early period of the vampires?
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. 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?
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. 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?
8. Akasha tells Lestat why she loves him. What does she say?
9. Describe Lestat's feelings as he watches Akasha's plan unfolding.
10. What does Maharet say about Akasha's dream?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are several sexually charged and/or committed relationships between vampires in The Queen of the Damned. The sexual aspect or symbolism is particularly strong when a mortal is made into a vampire. What purpose do those scenes or images serve in developing the theme or themes of the book? Use examples to support your argument.
Essay Topic 2
Would you, if given the choice, choose immortality over being human? If so, why? If not, why not?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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