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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 was Martin Hawkins' crime/crimes?

2. With whom does Amadeus get to play chess in Europe?

3. When Amadeus dreams he is a child, what does he dream that he is afraid to enter?

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

5. Why does the ill mother refuse her meal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Discuss the symbolism of the wedding dress in this story.

5. What is the final demand the inmates make when they take over the asylum?

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

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

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

9. What role does the setting of this novel have on its theme?

10. Were the asylum administrator and psychotherapist hostages? Explain why or why not.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the importance of mother-son relationships to this story.

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