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

2. What is specially significant about these documents?
(a) They complete the characterization of Dr Long.
(b) They complete the characterization of Rorshach
(c) They demonstrate the importance of inter-office memos.
(d) They are rich in metaphor and characterization.

3. Identify the interviewer's attitude to Veidt.
(a) He is sympathetic and sycophantic.
(b) He is suspicious and cynical.
(c) He is openly hostile.
(d) He is sympathetic but not too trusting.

4. Laurie's medical scans reveal . . .
(a) That she s not pregnant.
(b) That she has terminl cancer.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she does not have cancer.

5. What is the sailor's mental state when he joins the pirates?
(a) Eagerness.
(b) Enthusiasm.
(c) Anticipation.
(d) Despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day was this paper published?

2. Who organized and paid for the attack on Adrian Veidt?

3. What is the paper's political stance?

4. Who does Dr Long meet near Bernhard's newsstand?

5. What disturbing news is broadcast on TV?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the importance for Dan of his past costumed hero days conveyed to the reader/responder?

2. Comment on the structure of this chapter.

3. Would you agree that the new world order would be a more truthful one?

4. What is the connection between "Blood from the Shoulder of Pallas" and the events in this chapter?

5. Why is Detective Fine now convinced that Dan is a costumed hero?

6. Explain what is happening in the wider world as Laurie and Dan begin their relationship.

7. How is this issue's rant connected to the plot of the novel?

8. Comment on the importance of this chapter for the novel as a whole.

9. In what ways do Rorschach and Dan/Night Owl act resourcefully in this chapter?

10. Comment on the importance of this section to the novel as a whole.

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