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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the pursuit of the bank robbers, what does Batman say he needs to climb the rope?
(a) His legs.
(b) His intellect.
(c) His arms.
(d) His strength.

2. With whom does Commissioner Gordon share a private drink at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Bruce Wayne.
(b) His wife, Sarah.
(c) Harvey Dent.
(d) Clark Kent.

3. At Arkham, who is the patient who receives plastic surgery and is believed to be cured?
(a) The Joker.
(b) Harvey Dent.
(c) Robin.
(d) Bruce Wayne.

4. What does Commissioner Gordon do to his stalker?
(a) He captures him.
(b) He has him arrested.
(c) He kills the stalker.
(d) He loses him in the crowds.

5. What does Batman find on one of the bank robbers?
(a) A list of banks.
(b) A map.
(c) A scarred dollar coin.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. The news media receive a videotape from whom?

2. How long has the Joker been in a comatose state?

3. Who stalks Commissioner Gordon when he walks outside to smoke a cigar?

4. What does Alfred tell Bruce Wayne he has a recipe for?

5. In their meeting on the roof of one of Gotham City's twin towers, what does Batman tell Commissioner Gordon about Harvey Dent?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the bank robbers return to Harvey Dent's apartment, what is the significance of the room being split into dirty and clean, light and dark?

2. How is the media's report on Batman's return representative of the theme of duality in the novel?

3. Why does the author write the words Morrie uses to describe Batman, "...morally bankrupt, politically hazardous, reactionary, paranoid...," on the panel of the Joker smiling and staring gleefully at the television?

4. How does Lana Lang's words, "We live in the shadow of crime, Ted, with the unspoken understanding that we are victims--of fear, of violence, of social impotence..." equate to Batman's beliefs?

5. What does Bruce Wayne means when he tells the news reporter, "We must believe that our private demons can be defeated..."?

6. When Batman has the Mutants' leader in his gun scope, why does Batman not blast the Mutants' leader and eliminate the gang altogether?

7. In what ways is the protagonist, Bruce Wayne, conflicted at the beginning of "The Dark Knight Returns"?

8. What is the importance of mentioning the new commissioner search in the same segment as the search for the missing child?

9. During his initial attack on the Mutants, Batman thinks of Dick Grayson and that they had never faced anything like the Mutants' leader, only humans. Why is the significance of Batman thinking of Dick Grayson at this time?

10. Why does Batman feel that falling to his death he runs between the two towers on a cable being shot out by Harvey Dent's thug would be a fine death?

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