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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Campbell explain was probably in print before the average reader was born?
(a) Every plot line.
(b) Any use of simile.
(c) Every extended metaphor.
(d) Any given title or character.

2. What "consumed" Alec Holland?
(a) The swamp.
(b) Fire.
(c) Air.
(d) Alligators.

3. What was Swamp Thing, originally?
(a) Half-vegetable, half-sheep.
(b) Half-man, half-alien.
(c) Half-man, half-vegetable.
(d) Half-food, half-element.

4. What is Swamp Thing truly?
(a) Half-fruit, half-heart.
(b) A golem, purely plant.
(c) Half-bone, half-meat.
(d) Half-wood, half-plant.

5. What does Woodrue believe about consciousness?
(a) That it can be passed along by foodstuffs.
(b) That consciousness never dies.
(c) That it can be regenerated.
(d) That consciousness is only a manifestation of the soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Alan Moore recast who used to be known as a minor DC villain?

2. What is one difference in comic book horror that distinguishes it from other genres?

3. Where is Swamp Thing when the old man takes a peek at him?

4. Where is Jason Woodrue when he wonders about the "old man?"

5. What does Campbell make a case for concerning Alan Moore's Swamp Thing?

(see the answer key)

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