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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Black Freighter comic, what happens when the sailor abandons his raft?
(a) He fights off a shark and swims to shore.
(b) He doesn't sink, but appears to walk on the sea.
(c) He swims to shore.
(d) He doesn't sink, but grabs onto a piece of wood and floats to shore.

2. Who created the drawing of a man and a woman merging into one while having sex?
(a) The child Walter Kovacs.
(b) Dr Malcolm Long.
(c) Diego Garcia.
(d) Detective Fine.

3. Whose version of events is confirmed through the contents of the scrapbook?
(a) The Comedian's.
(b) Jon Osterman's.
(c) Hollis Mason's.
(d) Captain Metropolis's.

4. What significant item does Laurie take with her when she goes with Jon?
(a) A bottle of her mother's perfume.
(b) Her hero costume.
(c) A bottle of the new pefume.
(d) Her cigarettes.

5. What happens when the sailor in The Black Freighter comic finally makes it home?
(a) He gives the town the pirates' treasure.
(b) He mistakenly murders the wife he loves.
(c) He gives his wife the pirates' treasure.
(d) He mistakenly murders the fop.

6. What disturbing news is broadcast on TV?
(a) Russia has invaded Afghanistan and is advancing towards Pakistan.
(b) The United States has invaded Afghanistan and Russia.
(c) Pakistan has invaded Afghanistan and Iraq.
(d) Afghanistan has invaded Russia and Pakistan.

7. What will the new brand of perfume be called?
(a) Noosa Nights
(b) Millennium.
(c) Nostalgique.
(d) Millefeuille

8. Who was the author of the inter-office memo?
(a) Jon Osterman.
(b) Dr Long.
(c) Detective Fine.
(d) The District Attorney.

9. What it so special about the snowstorm ball?
(a) It was a souvenir from a family holiday.
(b) Laurie has a feeling it is a miniature world.
(c) Laurie has the feeling it slows time down.
(d) It was a present from her first boyfriend.

10. With which of The Comedian's beliefs does Veidt now agree?
(a) Rulers should relinquish power and give it to the people.
(b) The world would be happy without conflict and power.
(c) The world revolves around conflict and power.
(d) There should be one world government.

11. What is the paper's political stance?
(a) Pro-communist.
(b) Neutral, trying to give a balanced view.
(c) Ultra left wing.
(d) Ultra right wing.

12. Why were Laurie's parents fighting?
(a) Because her mother had an affair with Rorschach.
(b) Because her mother threw a drink at The Comedian.
(c) Because her mother overspent their budget.
(d) Because of her mother's affair with The Comedian.

13. In the context of Watchmen, what is a masquerade?
(a) A dance where people wear masks.
(b) A dance.
(c) A rude comedy sketch played after Shakespearean tragedies.
(d) A pretence or deception; a disguise..

14. In the Black Freighter, what happens when the marooned man is on the beach near his town?
(a) He steals money from the fop and the whore.
(b) He kills the fop and the whore.
(c) He almost drowns.
(d) He finds two dead bodies.

15. Who tries to sell something to Bernhard?
(a) Two Scientologists try to sell him books by Ron Hubbard.
(b) Two nuns try to sell him News From Fatima.
(c) Two Jehovah's Witnesses try to sell him The Watchtower.
(d) Nazi punks try to sell him a biography of Himmler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the information given in this section?

2. Laurie's medical scans reveal . . .

3. What is Laurie's reaction to Jon's information about himself?

4. How does the report comment on Rorschach's notebook?

5. What is specially significant about these documents?

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