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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. What is Rorschach's response to the charges?

2. With which of The Comedian's beliefs does Veidt now agree?

3. What important decision does Dan make?

4. Identify the interviewer's attitude to Veidt.

5. Which publication employs the interviewer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. What is important about the Veidt Method?

7. Describe what is going on in the prison.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The graphic novel Watchmen contains features of post-modernism in its structure. Identify postmodern features and discuss two specific examples in some detail. Do you personally enjoy this technique? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of minor characters in the novel. Choose two minor characters and evaluate his or her role in the novel. What is the characters' influence/affect on other characters? On the working out of the story? On the reader--i.e., you?

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