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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 solution does Superman offer to the U.N. to help the world?

2. Why does Superman turn to Billy to make the ultimate decision on whether to stop the bomb?

3. According to Superman, what is the one thing he and Batman have always had in common?

4. What does Norman McKay realize about the battle at the Gulag?

5. How do the leaders of the U.N. react to news of the battle in Kansas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How and why does Batman turn on Lex Luthor?

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

5. Why does the Spectre announce it is time to cast judgment to Norman McKay during the battle?

6. Why is the Manhunter from Mars unstable?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the heavier themes of "Kingdom Come" involves how people can move on after losing their loved ones. How does Superman handle the loss of his family and friends? How does he react when the bomb detonates above the Gulag, leaving him surrounded by the bodies of many allies? How does the world handle the loss of everyone in Kansas, as well as most of the Midwest? What is significant about Norman's statement at the end of the book that "there is no grand celebration. There is too much pain to be forgotten," given Superman's task of creating a monument to everyone who passed away? What solutions does the book ultimately offer up in terms of dealing with loss for these characters?

Essay Topic 2

During his confrontation with Superman, Magog says that while he initially believed Superman to be afraid of him, he soon realized that he, indeed, was "afraid ... that I was the man of tomorrow. You were afraid of the future I represented." How does this statement relate to Superman's contemporaries? Did Superman's fears about Magog being the future come true? Why or why not? In what way does this foreshadow Norman's final statement in chapter four that the future is always left up to interpretation? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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