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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. Whose death turns the tide of the battle?

2. Which one of following is NOT housing some of Brainiac's circuitry, according to Superman?

3. What action do Batman and Wonder Woman take in the sky when they are done arguing?

4. What is Wonder Woman's reward at the end of Chapter 4?

5. According to Norman, what did Superman lose when he went into seclusion ten years earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Wonder Woman giving Superman his glasses and calling him "Clark?"

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

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

4. What is Batman's purpose in joining the battle at the Gulag?

5. How does Superman finally subdue Captain Marvel?

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

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

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

9. Describe the Gulag.

10. Why is the Manhunter from Mars unstable?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 characters of Batman and Superman in the following format:

Part 1) Earthly versus extraterrestrial origins.

Part 2) Beliefs in peace-keeping and enforcing the law.

Part 3) Personality.

Part 4) Roles in preventing (or unintentionally) bringing the world close to the Armageddon.

Part 5) Trust, respect, and relationship with each other.

Cite specific examples from the text.

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