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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 have Gordon and Dent decided to arrest?

2. What is the medicine that Sal takes?

3. Who does Alfred think Batman has overlooked?

4. Why does Carmine think Batman ignored what Dent was doing?

5. What does Harvey do to calm down Grundy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scarecrow trap Batman in this section?

2. Who is Scarecrow?

3. How does Maroni destroy Dent's life in this section?

4. What does Harvey tell his wife in this section?

5. What disagreement do Gordon and Batman have on the rooftop?

6. How does Catwoman explain herself to Batman in this section?

7. How does Gordon find out who Holiday is?

8. How does Dent escape from the hospital?

9. What do Batman and the Riddler talk about at the bar?

10. Why does Batman think Maroni is Holiday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the criticisms against vigilante behavior? In what way does Loeb address these criticisms even to the point of putting his super hero in a bad light? Do you agree that Batman's vigilante behavior has played some part in the rise of crime in Gotham?

Essay Topic 2

How does Loeb try to relate the Batman story to new readers of the series? How do you think older readers would criticize these changes?

Essay Topic 3

What influence does Alfred have on Bruce Wayne's life? What kind of person would Wayne have become without Alfred's influence?

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