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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. Where is the warehouse located that Harvey and Batman travel to?

2. What is Johnny Vito's nickname?

3. Where is Carmine holding her New Year's Eve Party?

4. Who does Carmine think is behind the Holiday killings?

5. Where was the Joker being held prisoner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Alfred?

4. How does Bruce Wayne react when he returns to Wayne Manor?

5. What clues does the murderer leave at the scene of Johnny Vito's death?

6. Who is Calender Man?

7. What do Carmine and Carla fight about in this section?

8. What happened when the lights in the prison went out?

9. What disagreement do Gordon and Harvey have in this section?

10. Why does Carmine think Sal is responsible for the Holiday killings?

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

In what way is Chief Gordon the moral center of the book? Why is it important for the story to have such a character? How would the meaning of the story change if Gordon was not one of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

What are the criticisms against vigilante behavior? In what way does Loeb address these criticisms even to the point of putting his super hero in a bad light? Do you agree that Batman's vigilante behavior has played some part in the rise of crime in Gotham?

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