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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 does Batman compare the newer helicopter to?
2. Where do the Mutants have their meeting?
3. What does Batman want to know about the character he is chasing off the roof tops?
4. What does Batman regret when reflecting on the incident with the bank robbers?
5. When Bruce Wayne wakes up from his flashback, Alfred notices what has happened to Bruce Wayne's face?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Harvey Dent cover his new face with bandages?
2. What is the symbolic significance of the split panels for the illustrations in the scene before Harvey Dent's new face is revealed?
3. What is the significance of the storm breaking over Gotham City after weeks of intense heat?
4. 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?
5. Why does the author give a lot of detail on Margaret Corcoran only to have the Mutants blow her up at the end of the paneled section?
6. What is the importance of mentioning the new commissioner search in the same segment as the search for the missing child?
7. When Commissioner Gordon and Bruce Wayne talk over drinks, what is the significance of Bruce Wayne referring to himself in the third person?
8. When the bank robbers return to Harvey Dent's apartment, what is the significance of the room being split into dirty and clean, light and dark?
9. Why does Batman automatically accept Carrie as Robin as opposed to finding and selecting his own candidate for the position?
10. How does Batman continue to use fear to cripple the younger criminals he encounters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of Bruce Wayne's parents' murders? Why is this event an important detail about his character? Find descriptions from the text to support your answer and provide evidence for your opinion.
Essay Topic 2
Commissioner Gordon has been Bruce Wayne's friend. Describe how Commissioner Gordon and Alfred act as father figures for Bruce Wayne. Find descriptions from the text to support your answer and provide evidence for your opinion.
Essay Topic 3
The theme of heroism and what it means to be a hero is another theme that is prevalent throughout "The Dark Knight Returns." Choose one (Batman, Superman, The Joker, Two Face, the Mutants and discuss how that/those character(s) define and/or react to heroism. Find descriptions from the text to support your answer and provide evidence for your opinion.
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