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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 does Catwoman use to dispossess Carmine of her gun?

2. Who do Gordon and Dent visit at the beginning of Chapter Five?

3. What is hidden inside the package Dent opens?

4. What does Batman drop in the sewer for Solomon Grundy?

5. What does Jim decide to charge the Irish gang with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Batman's relationship with Solomon Grundy?

2. Why does Falcone kill Richard Daniel?

3. What do Sofia and Carla talk about in this section?

4. How is the Joker introduced into the story?

5. What do the Dents and Gordons discuss at their New Years party?

6. Who is Alfred?

7. What does Mickey Sullivan tell his men in the prison cell?

8. What problems does Harvey Dent have in this section?

9. Who is Calender Man?

10. How does the artist present Harvey Dent in the opening section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are the super villains such as Joker and Scarecrow seen as freaks of society? How has this label affected them as people? What does such an attitude say about our own society?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

How does Loeb try to relate the Batman story to new readers of the series? How do you think older readers would criticize these changes?

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