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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 does the scene quoted from a popular children's book represent?
2. How does Arkham try to protect himself from perceived evil?
3. According to his journal, to what does Amadeus compare the asylum after he has electrocuted his victim?
4. How does the hero respond when the man inside the room with Greek inscription offers him a special power?
5. Who is holding the hostage in the secret room when the hero finds it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What idea does the hero contrive to allow the inmates to decide whether he lives or dies?
2. What is ironic about Cavendish calling the hero a "mommy's boy"?
3. Explain what happens when the villain decides whether the hero lives or dies?
4. Name one way in which the moon is symbolic of the Joker.
5. How are the challenges facing the hero as he walks through the asylum parallel to Arkham's own challenges as simultaneously reflected in his journal?
6. How does Arkham get the laughing he hears from an empty room to stop. Why does this work?
7. What effect has the secret room had on Cavendish and why?
8. What in the novel makes a connection between past and present? Explain why.
9. How does the Mad Hatter explain "disorder"? What does he warn the hero about the asylum?
10. Briefly discuss Amadeus' death.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Batman as the protagonist of this book. What is the definition of a protagonist? What characteristics does a protagonist usually have? Does Batman exemplify those qualities? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Name and define the five types of conflict. Which type of conflict is present in this graphic novel?
Essay Topic 3
What is a motif? List two motifs from this graphic novel and choose one of them to write about in greater detail.
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