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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 is Lestat's reaction to the vision of Baby Jenks dying?
2. Which of the twins usually did the talking in the early days?
3. Where does Akasha take Lestat after she kidnaps him from the concert.?
4. At the meeting of Akasha and the others, where does Lestat sit?
5. What effect does Maharet's red hair have on Marius' mood?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. Maharet has searched for her twin for 6,000 years. What clues or proof has she had over that time that Mekare is alive?
4. What is Marius' reaction to the gathering of vampires which he has joined?
5. Why is Akasha so intent on questioning the twins and, through them, the spirits? What does she hopes to gain?
6. 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?
7. What, to Maharet, is more important than her life, even more important than finding her twin?
8. Why does Marius feel so strongly about seeing Armand--whom he calls Amadeo--again?
9. Akasha tells Lestat why she loves him. What does she say?
10. Who was keeping Akasha still on the throne and what does she do to that person?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lestat is introspective in Greece. He realizes Akasha has granted all his wishes and especially his wish to be a symbol of an evil that shouldn't exist. What precipitates his insight? How does the realization make him feel. Why?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Both Pandora and Khayman are portrayed as longing to be human, and Khayman is described as almost unbearably lonely during the concert events. Analyze their characters, the relationship between the two (if any), and the reasons why the author put these two characters together.
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