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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 Dent doing in Roman's parking garage?

2. What is the name of Dent's new assistant?

3. What is Jim Gordon's rank in the Gotham police force?

4. Where does Batman aim the plane towards?

5. What is the name of Harvey's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Harvey want to release the Irish gang?

2. How does Alfred respond to Gordon and Harvey questions about Bruce Wayne?

3. What pact do Gordon, Dent and Batman make on the rooftop?

4. How does the artist present Harvey Dent in the opening section?

5. How do the police contact Batman?

6. How is the Joker introduced into the story?

7. How does Wayne defeat the Joker in this section?

8. Why does Falcone kill Richard Daniel?

9. How does Bruce Wayne react when he returns to Wayne Manor?

10. What happened when the lights in the prison went out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way is family and the affects a family can have on a person a major part of the story? Choose one character from the story and discuss how their family has affected their actions in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following characters and discuss their motives and the evidence that suggest they are the Holiday killer.

1. Harvey Dent.

2. Gilda Dent.

3. Alberto Falcone.

Essay Topic 3

In what way is Chief Gordon the moral center of the book? Why is it important for the story to have such a character? How would the meaning of the story change if Gordon was not one of the characters?

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