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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What business does Lestat purchase?
(a) Banque de Paris.
(b) Faberge Jewelry.
(c) Renaud's House of Thesbians.
(d) Le Cage Aux Folles.

2. What does Nicki declare about the theater?
(a) It will now be called Theater of the Vampires.
(b) It will be turned into a restaurant.
(c) It will be burned to the ground.
(d) It will never put on another show.

3. How does Lestat learn that he can read people's minds?
(a) He is distrubed by the thoughts of people outside.
(b) He hears Nicolas calling for him.
(c) He can hear his mother thinking about him.
(d) He senses a human in the tower.

4. What does Magnus show Lestat in the tower?
(a) A trap used for catching humans.
(b) A vast treasure of gold and jewels.
(c) A secret escape passage.
(d) A history of his life.

5. What do all of the dead bodies in the tower have in common?
(a) They are all smiling.
(b) They are all tall and thin.
(c) They all have blond hair and blue eyes.
(d) They are all criminals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Lestat receive about his mother?

2. With which member of his family is Lestat most connected?

3. How is Lestat alerted to the rising sun?

4. What does Lestat suggest to Armand?

5. How does Magnus depart?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lestat's argument against Armand's vampire ways?

2. How do the vampires pursuing Lestat and Gabrielle leave a message that they have kidnapped Nicolas?

3. How does Lestat immediately begin adjusting to being a vampire?

4. How does Armand's story affect Lestat and Gabrielle differently?

5. In what way is Nicolas more philosophically deep than Lestat?

6. Explain the length of time involved in the novel about Lestat.

7. Explain the significance of Lestat's finding Armand at the mortals' ball.

8. What is the event that lets Nicolas know that Lestat has changed?

9. Confronting Lestat, what is Armand's main objection to Lestat?

10. Why can Lestat not follow through with his plan to have Nicki take Gabrielle to Italy?

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