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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. Who is the asylum's director?

2. Who speaks to the story's hero on the phone, demanding to speak to the hero in person?

3. What does Martin Hawkins use to cut himself?

4. Who says they smell excrement on the floor of the asylum?

5. What does the ill mother have in her mouth when she refuses her meal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the hero's biggest enemy as he races through the asylum halls? What do the halls represent?

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

3. What is the importance of Martin "Mad Dog" Hawkins to this novel?

4. Explain the therapy being used to help cure Harvey Dent.

5. Why does the Joker imply an illicit sexual relationship with the hero's sidekick? What exactly does he imply?

6. How does Arkham see his drive to turn the family house into an asylum?

7. Discuss briefly two ways in which the clown fish is important to this story.

8. Briefly discuss the dual personality of the hero.

9. Discuss the mental illness of Martin "Mad Dog" Hawkins.

10. Why does the hero initially say he will not go to the asylum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define exposition and discuss the exposition of this graphic novel. What does the reader learn from the exposition in Arkham Asylum? Is the information consistent throughout the book or does it change? Explain your answer and reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

What is a motif? List two motifs from this graphic novel and choose one of them to write about in greater detail.

Essay Topic 3

Name and define the five types of conflict. Which type of conflict is present in this graphic novel?

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