View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who overhears Gordon and Dent talking?

2. What does Harvey buy Gilda for Christmas?

3. What crime are Mickey and his gang responsible for?

4. What does Barbara say is a taboo subject that evening?

5. What is Julian Day's alias?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carmine think Sal is responsible for the Holiday killings?

2. Why does Harvey want to release the Irish gang?

3. How does Holiday destroy Sal's restaurant in this section?

4. Why does Falcone kill Richard Daniel?

5. What do Batman and Catwoman talk about on the rooftop?

6. Who is Alfred?

7. How does Wayne act at the board meeting at Gotham bank?

8. What do Gordon and Sal both accuse Batman of in this section?

9. What happened when the lights in the prison went out?

10. What is Batman's relationship with Solomon Grundy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Gotham City different from other American cities? How does Loeb make his fantasy world believable?

Essay Topic 2

In what way is family and the affects a family can have on a person a major part of the story? Choose one character from the story and discuss how their family has affected their actions in the story.

Essay Topic 3

In what way is Chief Gordon the moral center of the book? Why is it important for the story to have such a character? How would the meaning of the story change if Gordon was not one of the characters?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 688 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample