Chapter 19
What really happened to Ruth's husband?
Her husband was also a vampire and Robert killed him
What does Neville decide in the beginning of the chapter?
He decides he will stay at his house and will not fight back when the vampires come
When Robert wakes up where is he and who is with him?
He wakes up in the new civilized vampire society with Ruth in the same room
How have the vampires found a way to stay alive?
They created a pill made of blood and a drug, the blood feeds the vampiris germ and stops it from spreading
How does Robert describe the vampires when they kill?
Cruel, vicious, brutal, emotionless
What does Ruth reveal about her identity?
What does Ruth say at the end of her letter that Robert says is a lie?
Ruth says that when they were embracing in the dark, she wasn't spying on him but loving him
How do the new society vampires kill the true vampires?
They shoot them with machine-guns whose bullets seem to stay in the vampires' bodies, then they stab them with pikes
How does Robert appear to die?
Ruth gives him pills to take before his execution, it can be inferred the pills are poison
Robert has the revelation that bacteria can mutate. How does this apply to the vampires?
The vampiris germ has mutated and the vampires have changed from dangerous/feral to civilized/conscious
Why does Robert decide to fight back?
He thinks the vampires are coming in to his house to kill him instead of take him back to their new society
Why is Robert scheduled for execution?
Robert's supposed to be executed for all his crimes in murdering vampires, to get "justice" for the new society vampires
What specific location does Ruth tell Robert to retreat to? what reasoning does she give for this warning?
To the mountains
To avoid her expanding community
What does Robert whisper to himself after being shot in the chest?
He whispers the nickname of his late wife upon being shot, "Virge."
What does Robert mean when he says "I am Legend" at the end of the chapter?
Like vampires once were, Robert and all of the human race will now be a story passed down from generation to generation. And as his existence is further from happening he will become a myth.