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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. Who saves the hero when he is thrown through a window?

2. What image represents Professor Milo at the end of the novel?

3. Which villain represents a Christ figure at the end of the novel?

4. During their fight, what does Cavendish call the hero?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Discuss the hero's meeting with Maxie Zeus.

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

7. What does Croc symbolize in the novel?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character description for the Joker. How does the Joker in the novel differ from the writer's original concept of him?

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

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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