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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 symbol represents the Joker at the end of the novel?

2. What image represents the hero at the end of the novel?

3. What is the creature associated with the astrological sign Pisces?

4. Which character drags a pitchfork along the floor of the asylum as he walks?

5. Whom does Amadeus electrocute?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Briefly discuss Amadeus' death.

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

5. What idea does the hero contrive to allow the inmates to decide whether he lives or dies?

6. Name one way in which the moon is symbolic of the Joker.

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

8. What does Croc symbolize in the novel?

9. How does the hero defeat Clayface?

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

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

Discuss the author's writing experience and his successes of this book and others.

Essay Topic 3

Define and discuss the difference between dynamic and static characters. Identify five characters and label them appropriately, either as static or dynamic characters.

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