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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 creature is related to the Tarot moon card?

2. With what does Cavendish cut the hero?

3. After the pitchfork walker has passed the hero, what does the hero feel on the floor?

4. For whom does Amadeus name the asylum?

5. What do the words around the hero's image describe at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the blood trail lead and what does the hero realize at the end of it?

2. What in the novel makes a connection between past and present? Explain why.

3. Why do colleagues offer specific praise to Amadeus when he opens his asylum?

4. Why doesn't the hero simply leave once Cavendish has been killed? What does he do instead?

5. How does a memory from decades earlier described in Arkham's journal relate to the hero?

6. Explain what happens when the villain decides whether the hero lives or dies?

7. Describe Doctor Destiny's appearance and what made him a dangerous villain. How does the hero defeat him?

8. Briefly discuss the symbolism of Two Face knocking down the card house.

9. What is ironic about Cavendish calling the hero a "mommy's boy"?

10. Explain how a statue helps save the hero's life.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define flashback. How does this graphic novel use flashbacks to tell the story? Choose two different characters and give detailed examples of flashbacks that they experience.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the difference between tone and mood in literature. How are the two related? Discuss the tone and mood of Arkham Asylum.

Essay Topic 3

How does the structure of a graphic novel relate important information such as time and speed to the reader? Give examples from the story to support your answers.

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