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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 was Lestat's childhood ambition?
2. What is the "blood god" wearing when Akasha and Lestat arrive?
3. What is Marius' condition when Pandora rescues him from the ice?
4. What does Lestat do inadvertently to his watch and purposefully to a mirror?
5. Which god does Akasha represent to her subjects?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Lestat's feelings as he watches Akasha's plan unfolding.
2. What weapon with sentimental meaning does Akasha show Lestat in his father's castle?
3. 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?
4. What has Jesse seen that adds to the vampires' belief Mekare is sending the dreams?
5. Was Akasha unconscious and unaware during her years of dormancy?
6. Akasha commands Lestat to kill in her name, starting with male acolytes at Azim's temple. What is his reaction to the order?
7. 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?
8. What, to Maharet, is more important than her life, even more important than finding her twin?
9. How does Lestat feel about the events that led to him becoming a vampire?
10. What does Maharet say about Akasha's dream?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several vampire characters have expressed the feeling that they lost something by becoming vampires. Several are reluctant to make other vampires, even when the individual begs. What human aspects do the vampire lose and why does it matter? Use examples from the book to support your argument.
Essay Topic 2
What is Lestat's relationship with Claudia? What is the significance of the doll that he gives her each year for her birthday and how does Claudia react to the gift? Why does Jesse have such a strong reaction to the doll she finds at Lestat's house?
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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