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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. How does the hero respond when the man inside the room with Greek inscription offers him a special power?

2. What does the scene quoted from a popular children's book represent?

3. What symbol represents Croc at the end of the novel?

4. How does Amadeus stop the noise that he hears coming from an empty room?

5. Whom does Amadeus electrocute?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Croc symbolize in the novel?

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

10. Why does Arkham write his journal? What does the location where he stores it say about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define exposition and discuss the exposition of this graphic novel. What does the reader learn from the exposition in Arkham Asylum? Is the information consistent throughout the book or does it change? Explain your answer and reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Batman and Amadeus Arkham. How do their parallel stories finally intersect?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Batman as the protagonist of this book. What is the definition of a protagonist? What characteristics does a protagonist usually have? Does Batman exemplify those qualities? Why or why not?

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