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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 power does the man inside the room with Greek inscription offer to the hero?

2. Who kills Cavendish?

3. What does the man inside the room with Greek inscription say empowers him?

4. Who does Amadeus see when he rips the covering off his mirror?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the challenges facing the hero as he walks through the asylum parallel to Arkham's own challenges as simultaneously reflected in his journal?

2. How does Arkham use therapy as revenge? What is the public perception of the revenge?

3. Explain why Cavendish gets involved in crossing the lives of Arkham and the hero.

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

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

6. How does the Mad Hatter explain "disorder"? What does he warn the hero about the asylum?

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

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

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

10. How does Arkham get the laughing he hears from an empty room to stop. Why does this work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character description of Amadeus Arkham. Is he a major or minor character? Protagonist or antagonist? Support your answer with specific evidence form the story.

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

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

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