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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While walking around Gotham City, where does Bruce Wayne end up?
(a) Gotham City Bank.
(b) The subway.
(c) The alley where his parents were murdered.
(d) Home.

2. According to the news account, who did the two abducted children say saved them?
(a) Gotham City Police.
(b) Dracula.
(c) Robin.
(d) The Joker.

3. After forcing the bank robbers to crash in their car, who does Batman tell, "These men are mine!"?
(a) Harvey Dent.
(b) The Gotham City Police Officers.
(c) Robin.
(d) Commissioner Gordon.

4. In the pursuit of the bank robbers, what does Batman say he needs to climb the rope?
(a) His arms.
(b) His legs.
(c) His intellect.
(d) His strength.

5. Why doesn't Batman kill the Mutant leader when he has a clear shot of him?
(a) He doesn't believe in killing others.
(b) Another Mutants gang member gets in the way.
(c) He is distracted by Robin.
(d) He is scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. In their meeting on the roof of one of Gotham City's twin towers, what does Batman tell Commissioner Gordon about Harvey Dent?

2. At the Mutants' meeting, what is Batman driving?

3. What does Batman regret when reflecting on the incident with the bank robbers?

4. At the onset of the novel, what is Bruce Wayne doing?

5. Why do the muggers stop attacking Bruce Wayne?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Harvey Dent cover his new face with bandages?

2. How does the attempted mugging of Bruce Wayne trigger a flashback to a former violent act?

3. How is the demon metaphor for Batman further promoted during Bruce Wayne's sleepwalking and flashback scene?

4. How does Batman continue to use fear to cripple the younger criminals he encounters?

5. What is the significance of Bruce Wayne's sleepwalking flashback to the bat cave?

6. Why does Batman feel that falling to his death he runs between the two towers on a cable being shot out by Harvey Dent's thug would be a fine death?

7. What is the importance of mentioning the new commissioner search in the same segment as the search for the missing child?

8. When Commissioner Gordon is attacked by a member of the Mutants gang, why does thinking of his wife Sarah make it easy for him to fight back?

9. How does Lana Lang's words, "We live in the shadow of crime, Ted, with the unspoken understanding that we are victims--of fear, of violence, of social impotence..." equate to Batman's beliefs?

10. Why does the author write the words Morrie uses to describe Batman, "...morally bankrupt, politically hazardous, reactionary, paranoid...," on the panel of the Joker smiling and staring gleefully at the television?

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