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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. Who kisses Cavendish in the asylum?

2. Who inspires Amadeus to open the asylum?

3. Which young boy's mother is ill, as the reader learns in a flashback?

4. To what does the French term for April Fool translate?

5. Who is the psychotherapist at the asylum?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss briefly two ways in which the clown fish is important to this story.

2. What does the sound of Harriet's clock symbolize when Arkham walks in and finds his wife and daughter dead?

3. Who is the hero's biggest enemy as he races through the asylum halls? What do the halls represent?

4. Briefly discuss Harvey Dent's observation about the moon and earth.

5. Discuss the dual personality of Harvey Dent.

6. Why does the hero initially say he will not go to the asylum?

7. What do Jung and Crowley symbolize and how do they become part of the story?

8. The Joker's reasoning for having the hero come to the asylum seems to differ from other inmates' reasons. What is the difference?

9. Name three of the patients inside the asylum and tell why they are there.

10. What is the final demand the inmates make when they take over the asylum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in Arkham Asylum. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story? How does the art coordinate to also present the rising action?

Essay Topic 2

Write a character description for the Joker. How does the Joker in the novel differ from the writer's original concept of him?

Essay Topic 3

What is a theme in literature? What is the theme of this graphic novel? How is the theme related to the reader?

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