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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 is pushed down a flight of stairs in the asylum?

2. Who decides whether the hero goes free at the end?

3. Which character is interested in little blonde girls?

4. Who released the prisoners from the asylum?

5. What does Amadeus feel when he electrocutes his victim?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Arkham get the laughing he hears from an empty room to stop. Why does this work?

2. What idea does the hero contrive to allow the inmates to decide whether he lives or dies?

3. Where does the blood trail lead and what does the hero realize at the end of it?

4. How does Arkham use therapy as revenge? What is the public perception of the revenge?

5. What does Croc symbolize in the novel?

6. How does the Mad Hatter explain "disorder"? What does he warn the hero about the asylum?

7. Explain how a statue helps save the hero's life.

8. What effect has the secret room had on Cavendish and why?

9. How does the hero defeat Clayface?

10. Who is the little girl at the end of the novel and why are her panels important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Batman and Amadeus Arkham. How do their parallel stories finally intersect?

Essay Topic 2

Name and define the five types of conflict. Which type of conflict is present in this graphic novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of mother-son relationships to this story.

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