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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 item does the hero request from Ruth before he tries to leave the asylum?

2. Which villain is hooked to equipment when the hero sees him?

3. To whom does the book belong that the hero is shown in the secret room?

4. How many people does Amadeus see in the reflection when he rips the covering off his mirror?

5. Where do Amadeus' friends take him for an evening out on the town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect has the secret room had on Cavendish and why?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Croc symbolize in the novel?

7. How does the hero defeat Clayface?

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

9. Who is the little girl at the end of the novel and why are her panels important?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Write a history of the graphic novel as a genre and include a brief review of the history of DC Comics.

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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