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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 the paper's attitude to costumed heroes?

2. What is ornithology?

3. Why were Laurie's parents fighting?

4. In the context of Watchmen, what is a masquerade?

5. Who compiled the scrapbook?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Comment on the structure of this chapter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What concrete facts do we learn from this section of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the morality of Jon (Dr Manhattan) and Walter (Rorschach). You will need to describe each character's morality, providing evidence from the text. You will then need to evaluate each and comment on the way each character's moral outlook has influenced their behavior as well as the outcome for the world.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the role of women in Watchmen. Who are the female characters in the novel? What is their relationship with the male characters? What is their relationship in the events of the novel? Are their roles crucial? How might a feminist critic respond to this novel?

Essay Topic 3

Is this a novel that elicits in the reader feelings of empathy for the characters? In other words, do we actually care what happens to them? Choose a character you feel arouses empathy in the reader/responder. Show how Moore creates that empathy. To what extent is the artwork a contributing factor?

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