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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 kind of test does the hero take in the asylum?

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

3. What is Two Face's real name?

4. To what does the French term for April Fool translate?

5. What two words make the administrator conform to the enemy's wishes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the sound of Harriet's clock symbolize when Arkham walks in and finds his wife and daughter dead?

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

4. Briefly describe the mentality of the Joker and his opening joke while on the phone with the hero.

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

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

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

8. What does the slap on the hero's rear indicate when he enters into the asylum? Who slaps him?

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

10. Briefly discuss Harvey Dent's observation about the moon and earth.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Other than Batman, what is the importance of the bat to this novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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