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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 significant thing does Jon tell Laurie about himself?
(a) That he doesn't experience love and family the way she does.
(b) That he doesn't experience space or time the way she does.
(c) That he doesn't understand women.
(d) That he doesn't experience energy the way she does.

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

3. What is the message in Adrian Veidt's office memo?
(a) Nostalgia perfume will be discontinued and replaced.
(b) Nostalgia perfume is to be repackaged.
(c) Production of nostalgia perfume is to be stepped up.
(d) There needs to be a new advertising campaign for Nostalgia perfume.

4. What motivated the Nazi punks to attack and kill Hollis Mason?
(a) They were high on drugs.
(b) Detective Fine paid them to do it.
(c) They were given a contract by a local gangster.
(d) They were inflamed by anti-costumed hero rhetoric in the press.

5. What does Laurie find interesting at Dan's home?
(a) His impressive array of equipment and inventions.
(b) His plasma television with sound surround.
(c) His impressive array of DVDs.
(d) His impressive collection of hero costumes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the paper's attitude to costumed heroes?

2. According to the article, what do scientists often fail to appreciate?

3. What disturbing news is broadcast on TV?

4. What information does the secondary story contain?

5. What is Rorschach's response to the charges?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is significant about the belongings Laurie takes with her when she goes to Mars with Jon?

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

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

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

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

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