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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. In the report from the Gulag in Chapter 3, what news causes Wonder Woman enough to grief to shatter a table?

2. What does Superman tie to a flagpole outside of the U.N.?

3. Who appears to strike Superman down at the end of "Up in the Sky" as he races to the Gulag?

4. In a visual gag, who is seen disciplining Swastika and smacking him upside the head when he tries to spit during a ceremony on Paradise Island?

5. Where does Superman go to find Batman at the end of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what does Shazam plead and what is the outcome of his meeting?

2. Describe the scene where the Spectre points and pronounces "judgment."

3. What reasons does Diana give for being stripped of her heritage?

4. Why does the death of Von Bach change the tide of the battle?

5. After the battle, how do the superheroes and the humans begin to repair their world?

6. How is the U.N. justified in sending a plane armed with nuclear warheads to the battle at the Gulag?

7. Why is the Manhunter from Mars unstable?

8. Why is the Flash able to see Norman McKay?

9. When Wonder Woman and Batman see the planes approaching their battle, what choice does Batman lay out for her?

10. Before Wonder Woman leaves for the Gulag, what is her final disagreement with Superman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do Superman and Wonder Woman conflict so heavily throughout this book, despite their shared goals to bring peace to the world? In what ways is Wonder Woman correct in her assessment that she should have been firmer in her ways? However, how is Superman correct in saying that beings of their power have an obligation to bring peace and never war? What is at the heart of their conflict? What is significant about the cold kiss Wonder Woman gives Superman before doing battle at the Gulag? How is this resolved in their eventual romantic relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the scene with Orion (restored for the trade paperback) a necessary one in terms of themes and lessons in "Kingdom Come?" What lessons and wisdom does he try to impart to Superman? How does Superman react to what he sees as Orion's unnecessarily war-like planet? What is Orion's musings on the nature of changing a person's system of living? Of what does Orion attempt to warn Superman? How do Orion's pronouncements on the dangers of their sort of power come true at the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of the Spectre in "Kingdom Come" in the following format:

Part 1) Norman McKay's observations about the Spectre and his relationship with him.

Part 2) The Spectre's previous life as a police officer and superhero.

Part 3) His need to cast judgment and near-abandonment of a raging Superman.

Part 4) The observations of Deadman about the Spectre losing touch with his humanity.

Part 5) The Spectre's new role as a parishioner in Norman's congregation, as well as being a friend.

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