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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 does the villain do when the hero tells him to release the hostages?
2. What is sprinkled on the ground around the asylum when the hero arrives?
3. What object is the hero instructed to bring for the kitchen girl?
4. How much time does the enemy give the hero to get to the asylum?
5. Who slaps the hero when he enters the asylum?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss briefly two ways in which the clown fish is important to this story.
2. How does the display of art in the opening of this graphic novel engage the reader?
3. Briefly discuss what the bat skeleton symbolizes in the opening pages.
4. What does the slap on the hero's rear indicate when he enters into the asylum? Who slaps him?
5. What literary technique is used to tell Arkham's story in this novel and why?
6. Why does the Joker imply an illicit sexual relationship with the hero's sidekick? What exactly does he imply?
7. What is the importance of the Cheshire Cat in the opening of this novel?
8. Who is the hero's biggest enemy as he races through the asylum halls? What do the halls represent?
9. Name three of the patients inside the asylum and tell why they are there.
10. Explain the therapy being used to help cure Harvey Dent.
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
What is the difference between conflict and crisis in a novel? How are they similar? Relate the differences and similarities specifically to this graphic novel.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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