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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 is striking about the list of people Doug Roth reads on TV?
(a) All are members of a secret society.
(b) All have been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
(c) All have been aides to Richard Nixon.
(d) All have been diagnosed with diabetes.

2. What was Adrian Veidt's identity as a costumed hero?
(a) The Winged Wombat.
(b) Ozymandias.
(c) The Comedian
(d) Spiderman.

3. What does Jon's father throw out the window?
(a) Pieces of his disassembled watch.
(b) The Comedian.
(c) A book about Hiroshima.
(d) His dinner.

4. What did Hollis do at age 23?
(a) He joined the Air League.
(b) He traveled to New York.
(c) He joined the police force.
(d) He got engaged.

5. Which of the costumed heroes was more famous after the House UnAmerican Activities?
(a) Silk Spectre.
(b) Ozymandias.
(c) Mothman.
(d) The Comedian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Jon helped to invent?

2. Who intervened to save Sally from rape?

3. For what reason did Rorschach, as a child, become involved in a street fight?

4. Who buys the New Frontiersman from Bernard?

5. Why does Jon return to the lab on the night of his accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the topic of conversation between the two detectives as they leave the scene of the murder?

2. Who is Adrian Veidt?

3. What problems are being dealt with by President Richard Nixon

4. Can any plot significance be attached to this section of the novel?

5. Is there anything ironic about the interview between Dr Long and Rorschach?

6. What is the result of Rorschach's visit to Moloch?

7. To what extent was America victorious in the Vietnam War?

8. In what way is this extract from Hollis' autobiography important in the novel?

9. What is Laurence Shexnayder's interest in Sally?

10. Do you think that Hooded Justice was right not to testify to the House UnAmerican Activities Commission?

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