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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 popular children's game do the enemy and hero play in the asylum?

2. What physical torture does the hero think he overhears on the phone?

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

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

5. Why does the hero, as a young boy, get scolded when leaving the first movie he saw with his parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the hero cut himself as he runs through the mirrored halls of the asylum?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. The Joker's reasoning for having the hero come to the asylum seems to differ from other inmates' reasons. What is the difference?

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

10. Discuss the dual personality of Harvey Dent.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Batman as the protagonist of this book. What is the definition of a protagonist? What characteristics does a protagonist usually have? Does Batman exemplify those qualities? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is a theme in literature? What is the theme of this graphic novel? How is the theme related to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

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

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