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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 many months after his wife and child were killed does Amadeus open the asylum?
3. Where does Amadeus keep his journal?
4. Who does the hero find inside the secret room?
5. Where do Amadeus' friends take him for an evening out on the town?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Doctor Destiny's appearance and what made him a dangerous villain. How does the hero defeat him?
2. Who is the little girl at the end of the novel and why are her panels important?
3. Briefly discuss the symbolism of Two Face knocking down the card house.
4. 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?
5. What in the novel makes a connection between past and present? Explain why.
6. Name one way in which the moon is symbolic of the Joker.
7. Why does Arkham write his journal? What does the location where he stores it say about him?
8. Explain why Cavendish gets involved in crossing the lives of Arkham and the hero.
9. What effect has the secret room had on Cavendish and why?
10. Discuss the hero's meeting with Maxie Zeus.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is a motif? List two motifs from this graphic novel and choose one of them to write about in greater detail.
Essay Topic 2
Write a character description of Amadeus Arkham. Is he a major or minor character? Protagonist or antagonist? Support your answer with specific evidence form the story.
Essay Topic 3
Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?
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