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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. Where do Lestat and Gabrielle go to seek refuge from the vampires?

2. How is Lestat alerted to the rising sun?

3. What does Lestat suggest to Armand?

4. As a result of his capture, what has happened to Nicki?

5. How does Magnus depart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Lestat gets into the kill.

2. What makes Lestat want to get Renaud and his troupe of actors out of Paris?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the ability Armand has to absorb a great deal of information quickly.

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 why you think religious icons no longer deter vampires in modern vampire lore. Points should include (1) how early vampire stories were conceived during a time when the church was very strong; and (2) the way religion has changed in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on Symbolism of Darkness and Sunlight in vampire lore. Discuss the symbolism of darkness and night as being associated with things evil and frightening. Include the idea that vampires are limited by the dark hours of the day. Moving to the image of the sun, discuss how the sun is generally associated with good. Include how sunlight eliminates the fear of unseen threats.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on The Vulnerability of Vampires. Discuss in your essay (1) the threat of humans who hunt down vampires, (2) the threat of other vampires, and (3) the threat of long exposure to the sun or being consumed by fire.

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