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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 Gabrielle think about Marius?

2. How does Lestat sleep one night after terrorizing a mortal in his home?

3. What is the name of the stranger from the tavern?

4. Reunited, what do Gabrielle, Louis, and Lestat try to figure out?

5. In the dream, which brother celebrates Lestat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marius receive no information about the calamity that befell the old god of the Druids?

2. Define the literary usage of the dream Lestat has.

3. Where does Lestat go after leaving Marius and how does he like his new surroundings?

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

5. What admission does Marius make to Lestat?

6. How does the old vampire's prediction come true for Marius?

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

8. How does Marius at first react to the story of the creation of the vampires?

9. In what way is Marius different from Armand as Lestat raises his questions?

10. How is it clear that Marius went looking for Lestat on purpose?

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 I Would (or Would Not) Like to be a Vampire. Be specific in your answers, giving at least three main points supporting what you would or would not like about being an immortal creature of the night.

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 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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