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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 does Lestat do with Magnus' ashes?

2. How does Lestat leave Armand's coven?

3. Where do Lestat and Nicolas end up working?

4. What do Nicolas and Lestat propose to do to spite their families?

5. What does Nicki manage to do while Lestat is visiting Roget?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Theater as an Important Social Medium. Discuss how theater plays an important role in the novel from Renaud's House of Thesbians to the Theater of the Vampires to Lestat's dramatic rock concert. Discuss how theater influences audiences and helps shape public tastes and interests.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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