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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 can we assume about "The Veidt Method"?

2. What is specially significant about these documents?

3. In the context of Watchmen, what is a masquerade?

4. What does Sally reveal to the interviewer?

5. Why did Adrian give away the family fortune?

Short Essay Questions

1. Comment on the importance of this section to the novel as a whole.

2. What is the political stance of the New Frontiersman?

3. Comment on the discontinuing of Nostalgia and its replacement with Millennium perfume.

4. What is the connection between "Blood from the Shoulder of Pallas" and the events in this chapter?

5. What is unusual about Sally's response to interviewer questions about her rape by The Comedian?

6. Comment on the importance of this chapter for the novel as a whole.

7. Would you agree that the new world order would be a more truthful one?

8. Explain the inclusion of extracts from Sally Jupiter's scrapbook at this point in the novel.

9. How is this issue's rant connected to the plot of the novel?

10. Comment on the structure of this chapter.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of symbolism in the novel. Give special attention to the symbols you find most powerful. Write in detail on at least three symbols, for example, Nostalgia perfume, the smiley button.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the character Dan Dreiberg in Watchmen. What sort of person is he? Comment on his relationships. How crucial is he to the story? Is he a sympathetic character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Review Rorschach's role in the novel. What does he represent? Is his death inevitable? What does his death represent?

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