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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 it that makes Lestat uneasy watching Gabrielle?

2. What is The Vampire Lestat?

3. Where do they go to sleep the night after the other vampires showed up?

4. From where did Armand originate?

5. What does Nicki declare about the theater?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where do Gabrielle and Lestat go in Paris to escape the vampires who continue to chase them?

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

6. Describe how Lestat gets into the kill.

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

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

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

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

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 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 2

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 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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