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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 Armand insists on but Lestat scorns?

2. What does Lestat want to do with Nicki?

3. What does Gabrielle hear as she and Lestat move through the night?

4. How does Lestat learn that he can read people's minds?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Lestat and Nicolas become friends.

2. Describe how Lestat gets into the kill.

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

4. What is Lestat's argument against Armand's vampire ways?

5. Why is it necessary for Lestat to make a quick getaway from his family home?

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

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

8. How does Gabrielle react to becoming a vampire?

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

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

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 Fictional Monsters. Describe in your essay (1) vampires, (2) werewolves, (3) living mummies, and (4) zombies. Explain why these characters capture the imaginations of so many people. Select the one you prefer and defend your choice.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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