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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 is Lestat transformed into a vampire?

2. How does Lestat feel about the gold and jewels in the tower?

3. Why does Gabrielle encourage Lestat to make friends with Nicolas?

4. What is Armand actually trying to do?

5. What does Armand's story make Lestat think?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how Lestat and Nicolas become friends.

4. What kind of person is the lawyer Roget to whom Lestat trusts his business?

5. What is the dependence factor Lestat feels toward Magnus as he learns the old vampire is about to destroy himself?

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

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

8. How is the bond between Lestat and Nicki eventually broken?

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

10. How does Armand try to deceive Lestat and Gabrielle in order to keep them with him?

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 Evolution of the Vampire from Count Dracula to Lestat. Discuss how the image of the vampire has changed from the caped monster capable of transmogrifying into a bat to the urbane fiend capable of going unnoticed among mortals. You may want to speculate on future evolution based on the Twilight series that has become so popular in the 21st century.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on New Orleans as an Ideal Setting for vampire mythology. Points in the essay should include (1) the European flavor of the city, (2) the reputation of the city for sinfulness during Mardi Gras, and (3) the mysterious nature of the countryside.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on Why I Would (or Would Not) Like to be a Vampire. Be specific in your answers, giving at least three main points supporting what you would or would not like about being an immortal creature of the night.

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