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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. According to his journal, to what does Amadeus compare the asylum after he has electrocuted his victim?

2. What object used by the hero for protection also injures him?

3. Who is inside the room that has Greek wording above the door?

4. Who offers the patients freedom to leave at the end of the graphic novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the hero defeat Clayface?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of mother-son relationships to this story.

Essay Topic 2

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in Arkham Asylum. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story? How does the art coordinate to also present the rising action?

Essay Topic 3

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

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