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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 do Nicolas and Lestat propose to do to spite their families?

2. Why do Lestat and Gabrielle remain inside the cathedral?

3. What does Lestat defeat that makes him a local hero?

4. How does Nicki face Lestat after the escape from Armand's coven?

5. What does Gabrielle say is her dying wish?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the reactions to Lestat's sudden ascent into wealth?

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

4. Describe the rapture of Lestat as he becomes a vampire.

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

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

7. How does Lestat come to know that Magnus had been looking for one like him for quite some time?

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

9. How does Anne rice introduce the character of Armand?

10. What is Nicki's idea about the repertoire of the theater now called Theater of the Vampires?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on The Obsession of Man with Immortality. The essay should focus on the search for the Fountain of Youth that has evolved into cosmetic surgery in the ages-old attempt to live forever. Use examples from The Vampire Lestat to show that immortality is not the happy condition humans imagine it to be.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on The Mysterious Romance of Early Egypt. Discuss how appropriate a setting Early Egypt makes for the beginnings of vampires on earth. Include (1) the ancient age of the Egyptian civilization, (2) the mystic religions of Egypt and their emphasis on life after death, and (3) the belief that Pharaohs were gods incarnate. Make sure you relate how each of these conditions make the origin of vampires believable.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the romance of vampire legend. In your essay use the points of (1) fatal attraction, (2) the desire for super powers, and (3) the usually rich and opulent surroundings of vampires.

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