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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the United States come to win the Vietnam War in 1971?

2. What is striking about the list of people Doug Roth reads on TV?

3. What did Ozymandias do in 1958?

4. What do Dan and Laurie do after the fight with the muggers?

5. Which costumed hero refused to comply with the order referred to in the above question?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main focus of this section?

2. Who is Dr Manhattan?

3. There is a great deal of irony in this chapter. Comment on irony relating to the character of Dr Long.

4. What is the problem with Jon and time?

5. What made Hollis decode to become a costumed hero?

6. What was the outcome for the other costumed heroes after their appearances before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee?

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

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

9. What is significant about "The Watchmaker"?

10. What was the situation for costumed heroes after the 1950s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using events in the novel, write an obituary for Rorscarch. Model your style on the obits section of, say, The New York Times.

Be sure to use the correct level of language. Cover his early life, his exploits and his beliefs.

Essay Topic 2

"Watchmen deals with a corrupt world." In what ways is this world corrupt? Is it more, or less, corrupt at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Masks, masquerades, things not being as they seem--all this is characteristic of the graphic novel Watchmen. Is there any advantage to engaging in the elaborate deceptions depicted here? What do their costumes achieve for the heroes? For the society in which they live?

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