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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the criminal who tapped into the television station's antenna want from the viewing public?
(a) 5 million dollars.
(b) 1 million dollars.
(c) A car.
(d) World domination.

2. Who saves Carrie and her friend Michelle from being attacked?
(a) Gotham City Police.
(b) Robin.
(c) Batman.
(d) Superman.

3. According to the news report, who has taken over Gotham's underworld?
(a) The Mutants.
(b) Harvey Dent.
(c) Batman.
(d) The Joker.

4. At the Mutants' meeting, what does Batman demands of the Mutants?
(a) Fight each other.
(b) Join him.
(c) Turn themselves into the Gotham City Police.
(d) Surrender.

5. At Arkham, who is the patient who receives plastic surgery and is believed to be cured?
(a) The Joker.
(b) Robin.
(c) Harvey Dent.
(d) Bruce Wayne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mutants' leader do at their meeting?

2. While having a private drink, Commissioner Gordon is happy about whose retirement?

3. According to Batman, which of the robbers usually loses it?

4. After defeating most of the Mutants gang, who does Batman fight?

5. Who wants the Joker to make bombs for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Commissioner Gordon is attacked by a member of the Mutants gang, why does thinking of his wife Sarah make it easy for him to fight back?

2. When Gordon relights the bat signal, what effects does this have on Gotham City?

3. During his initial attack on the Mutants, Batman thinks of Dick Grayson and that they had never faced anything like the Mutants' leader, only humans. Why is the significance of Batman thinking of Dick Grayson at this time?

4. How is the demon metaphor for Batman further promoted during Bruce Wayne's sleepwalking and flashback scene?

5. What is the symbolic significance of the split panels for the illustrations in the scene before Harvey Dent's new face is revealed?

6. When Batman confronts Harvey Dent, what does he mean when he thinks "...the scars go deep--too deep"?

7. How is the media's report on Batman's return representative of the theme of duality in the novel?

8. One of the criminals Batman hurt attempts to sue him and asks the Gotham City Police to press charges against him. What is the irony of these actions?

9. Why does the author write the words Morrie uses to describe Batman, "...morally bankrupt, politically hazardous, reactionary, paranoid...," on the panel of the Joker smiling and staring gleefully at the television?

10. In what ways are the soaring high temperatures symbolic of the violence in Gotham City?

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