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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. After Batman's return to crime fighting, who makes the decision to relight the Batman call signal?
(a) Yindel.
(b) Robin.
(c) Superman.
(d) Commissioner Gordon.

2. After forcing the bank robbers to crash in their car, who does Batman tell, "These men are mine!"?
(a) Robin.
(b) Harvey Dent.
(c) Commissioner Gordon.
(d) The Gotham City Police Officers.

3. Who appears on the news to announce that Harvey Dent is ready to be released into society?
(a) Harvey Dent.
(b) Arkham doctors, Wopler and Willing.
(c) Commissioner Gordon.
(d) Bruce Wayne.

4. With whom does Commissioner Gordon share a private drink at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Clark Kent.
(b) His wife, Sarah.
(c) Harvey Dent.
(d) Bruce Wayne.

5. Where does the new Robin go to find Batman?
(a) The roof of the Gotham City Police department.
(b) The dump.
(c) The bat cave.
(d) The county fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. While walking around Gotham City, where does Bruce Wayne end up?

2. Who has tapped into the television antenna?

3. Why doesn't Batman kill the Mutant leader when he has a clear shot of him?

4. During the newscast in the beginning of the novel, the news anchor mentions it is the tenth anniversary of what?

5. How old is the new Robin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it important to note that Harvey Dent has returned to a life of crime?

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

3. Why does Lana state that Batman is the rebirth of the American fighting spirit?

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

5. How does Batman's nostalgia about Robin serve as foreshadowing for his battle with the Mutants' leader?

6. Why does Batman feel that falling to his death he runs between the two towers on a cable being shot out by Harvey Dent's thug would be a fine death?

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

8. In Crime Alley during the Mutants' attempted mugging, Bruce Wayne believes the new criminals are a "purer breed" of the man who murdered his parents. What does this mean?

9. What does Bruce Wayne means when he tells the news reporter, "We must believe that our private demons can be defeated..."?

10. What is the significance of Bruce Wayne's sleepwalking flashback to the bat cave?

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