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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. How is the fire inside the hangar caused?
(a) Laurie started it with her cigarette-lighter.
(b) It was started by Nazi punks.
(c) Laurie used her mobile phone when they were refuelling.
(d) Laurie accidentally activates the flame-thrower.

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

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

4. The leading article is written by . . . ?
(a) Editor Hector Godfrey.
(b) Editor Hector Geoffrey.
(c) Feature writer Walter Kovacs.
(d) Reporter Hector Geoffrey.

5. With what is Rorchach charged?
(a) The murders of Edgar Jacobi, Gerald Grice and Harvey Furniss.
(b) Stealing from Edgar Jacobi and Harvey Furniss.
(c) Scaling the facade of a building.
(d) The murders of Elsa Jacobi, Gerald Grace and Harvey Furnis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What significant thing does Jon tell Laurie about himself?

2. Which description best fits the article on "The Veidt Method"?

3. What is the paper's political stance?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In the context of the novel, what function does this section fulfill?

2. What is unusual about Sally's response to interviewer questions about her rape by The Comedian?

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

4. What is Veidt's plan and what do you think are its chances of success?

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

6. What is the political stance of the New Frontiersman?

7. According to Dan Dreiberg, what do scientists lack?

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

9. Comment on the discontinuing of Nostalgia and its replacement with Millennium perfume.

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

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