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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 password for Veidt's computer system?

2. What function does this section perform in the narrative?

3. What is the message in Adrian Veidt's office memo?

4. Who was the author of the inter-office memo?

5. What happens when the sailor in The Black Freighter comic finally makes it home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Comment on the structure of this chapter.

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

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

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

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

8. Describe what is going on in the prison.

9. Explain the inclusion of extracts from Sally Jupiter's scrapbook at this point in the novel.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power, with its corruptive effect, is an important theme in this graphic novel. Write a personal essay called "The misuse of power." You should refer closely to the events of Watchmen to support your point of view. You could compare Watchmen events with some taking place in the modern world (i.e., our real world).

Essay Topic 2

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 3

"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?

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