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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 happens to the servant of Magnus who comes into the tower?

2. What do Lestat and Gabrielle know about the vampires and Nicki?

3. What does Lestat suggest to Armand?

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

5. What does Lestat want to do when he sees his dying mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Anne Rice use to let the reader know that something dire is going to happen to Lestat?

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

4. Describe how Lestat and Nicolas become friends.

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

6. What prepares Lestat for becoming an actor in Paris?

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

8. Describe how Lestat gets into the kill.

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

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

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 Good Versus Evil in The Vampire Lestat. Include in your essay how the lines blur somewhat with

Lestat's concern for mortals. Discuss the different ways becoming a vampire affects different people: (1) Gabrielle embraces her new existence; (2) Nicki goes completely insane; (3) Claudia becomes murderous.

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 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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