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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. Which evil villain is wheel chair bound?

2. What is above a pile of mannequins in the asylum?

3. The story is introduced with a quote from which story that is a long-time children's favorite?

4. What is disturbing about the drawings of Amadeus' daughter?

5. Who searches for the hero inside the asylum?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in Arkham Asylum. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story? How does the art coordinate to also present the rising action?

Essay Topic 2

Write a character description for the Joker. How does the Joker in the novel differ from the writer's original concept of him?

Essay Topic 3

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

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