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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. Who can destroy a person just by looking at them?
(a) Scarface.
(b) Doctor Destiny.
(c) Scarecrow.
(d) Clown Fish.

2. What is the name of the girl who works in the asylum's kitchen?
(a) Rose.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Myrtle.

3. What unsettling item does Amadeus see on the floor after tucking his daughter in one night?
(a) Blood drips.
(b) A crayon smashed in the floor.
(c) A bat.
(d) A joker from a deck of cards.

4. Which hero is featured in Arkham Asylum?
(a) Superman.
(b) Batman.
(c) The Flash.
(d) Wonder Woman.

5. What gift does Amadeus' wife give him for Christmas?
(a) Dolls.
(b) Shells.
(c) Fish.
(d) Snails.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Biblical book does Amadeus typically quote?

2. Which young boy's mother is ill, as the reader learns in a flashback?

3. When the story begins, who has taken over Arkham Asylum?

4. Who killed Amadeus' wife and daughter?

5. What sound does adult Amadeus hear in his sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the slap on the hero's rear indicate when he enters into the asylum? Who slaps him?

2. What do Jung and Crowley symbolize and how do they become part of the story?

3. Why does Arkham want to create an asylum from his old house?

4. What is the importance of the Cheshire Cat in the opening of this novel?

5. What observations does the hero state about the asylum and one of its patients?

6. Briefly discuss what the bat skeleton symbolizes in the opening pages.

7. Briefly discuss the dual personality of the hero.

8. What does the sound of Harriet's clock symbolize when Arkham walks in and finds his wife and daughter dead?

9. How does the display of art in the opening of this graphic novel engage the reader?

10. Name three of the patients inside the asylum and tell why they are there.

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