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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. Which villain calls out to the hiding hero that the asylum plays tricks on the mind?
2. Who kills Cavendish?
3. Which villain is hooked to equipment when the hero sees him?
4. What weapon has the captor used on the hostage in the secret room?
5. How does Amadeus kill his mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Mad Hatter explain "disorder"? What does he warn the hero about the asylum?
2. What idea does the hero contrive to allow the inmates to decide whether he lives or dies?
3. How does a memory from decades earlier described in Arkham's journal relate to the hero?
4. Describe Doctor Destiny's appearance and what made him a dangerous villain. How does the hero defeat him?
5. Why does Arkham write his journal? What does the location where he stores it say about him?
6. What effect has the secret room had on Cavendish and why?
7. How does Arkham get the laughing he hears from an empty room to stop. Why does this work?
8. 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?
9. Who is the little girl at the end of the novel and why are her panels important?
10. Explain what happens when the villain decides whether the hero lives or dies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
How does the structure of a graphic novel relate important information such as time and speed to the reader? Give examples from the story to support your answers.
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