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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. Finally believing the story of the Mother and Father to be true, what does Marius do?

2. What sound arouses Lestat's attention while he is underground?

3. Using mental telepathy, what does the female give to Lestat?

4. What is happening in Paris while Lestat and Gabrielle are traveling?

5. During their journey away from Paris, what does Gabrielle often do?

Short Essay Questions

1. what are the two major topics of interest to Lestat as he reads mail from Paris?

2. Where does Marius begin the story of his life as he relates it to Lestat?

3. What is so frightening to Lestat about Those Who Must Be Kept?

4. When does Marius receive the most information about what happened to the old vampire in the tree?

5. Predictably, after being warned by Marius not to return to the chapel where the Mother and Father are kept, what does Lestat do?

6. What occurs in Lestat as his body becomes emaciated from lack of drinking blood?

7. What nearly disastrous thing does Lestat do in New Orleans?

8. What is the symbolic meaning of the loud booming sound of the heart of Marius?

9. After Armand pays Lestat a visit, what does Lestat decide to do in 1929?

10. Why is Gabrielle's idea of freedom much different from Lestat's?

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 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 2

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 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on Good Use of Flashbacks in Literature. Your essay should describe the flashbacks that tell the stories of Armand, Marius, and Lestat. Discuss how Rice uses this method to explain the histories of the various characters and their contribution to the continuity of the story.

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