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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it necessary to have a sham funeral for Jon?
(a) He made directions for this in his Will.
(b) It was ordered by the President.
(c) It was ordered by the House UnAmerican Activities Commission.
(d) His body has disintegrated and there are no remains.

2. One thing the article says about Tales of the Black Freighter is . . .
(a) That its writer was very successful.
(b) That is was unexpectedly successful.
(c) That it lived up to all expectations.
(d) That its writer is mad.

3. In what way is Hollis' autobiography important?
(a) It's a great example of autobiographical writing.
(b) It reveals important things all Americans ought to know.
(c) It provides information about characters and important events in the novel.
(d) It tells us about costumed heroes.

4. How did the United States come to win the Vietnam War in 1971?
(a) Direct intervention by Dr Manhattan and The Comedian.
(b) They dropped a nuclear bomb on Hanoi.
(c) Direct intervention by President Richard Nixon, who had visited China.
(d) Direct intervention by Dr Manhattan and Ozymandias.

5. When Rorschach finds the Comedian's costume, what does he assume?
(a) That Edward Blake was The Comedian.
(b) That Edward Blake has murdered The Comedian.
(c) That the police have planted the costume to cause trouble.
(d) That Ozymandias has planted the costume to frame Blake.

6. Who called the meeting to try and form Crimebusters?
(a) Captain Metropolis.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) Rorschach.
(d) Hooded Justice.

7. How does Jon account for his reappearance?
(a) God heard his dying prayer.
(b) He reassembled himself from subatomic particles.
(c) He reassembled himself by gathering water molecules and carbon.
(d) He accomplished it by effort of will.

8. What has Jon helped to invent?
(a) Solar-powered electicity for the national grid.
(b) Electric cars and cost-effective lighter-than-air craft.
(c) Electric airplanes and solar-powered computers.
(d) A drug that will cure all known diseases.

9. Who was the first-ever real-life costumed hero?
(a) Superman
(b) Hooded Justice
(c) Captain America.
(d) The Comedian

10. Who is Janey Slater?
(a) Jon's original girlfriend.
(b) Jon's sister.
(c) A girl who wants to be a costumed hero.
(d) The real identity of Silhouette.

11. Who contacted Hollis after his retirement?
(a) Another crime-fighter.
(b) William Blake.
(c) A representative of the New York chamber of commerce.
(d) Edward Morgan Blake.

12. Where does Jon meet Laurie?
(a) At Captain Metropolis's meeting.
(b) At Captain Metropolis's funeral.
(c) At a dinner party with President Nixon.
(d) On Miami beach.

13. How does Rorschach question likely suspects?
(a) He charms them and asks nicely.
(b) He hypnotises them.
(c) He injects them with truth serum.
(d) He physically tortures them until he's satisfied they know nothing.

14. Of what does the Black Freighter protagonist build his raft?
(a) Driftwood, old oil drums and tree branches.
(b) Tree trunks lashed together with vines.
(c) Driftwood and old oil drums.
(d) The corpses of dead friends.

15. Who intervened to save Sally from rape?
(a) Hooded Justice.
(b) The Comedian.
(c) Captain Metropolis.
(d) Ozymandias.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Hollis when his family moved to New York City?

2. What was the boy Rorschach's experience after being placed in care?

3. What was Adrian Veidt's identity as a costumed hero?

4. How does Veidt survive the assassination attempt?

5. Who buys the New Frontiersman from Bernard?

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