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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Swamp Thing react to reading the file?
(a) Regenerates again.
(b) He enters a psychotic rage.
(c) Leaves in a neutral state.
(d) Dies.

2. Who does Swamp Thing blame for taking away his humanity?
(a) Anton Arcane.
(b) Woodrue.
(c) Himself.
(d) The old man.

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

4. When did comics undergo the paradigm shift mentioned by Campbell?
(a) During the late sixties.
(b) During the fifties.
(c) During the early sixties.
(d) During the late seventies.

5. How does the coloring change in Swamp Thing's dream sequences during Book Two?
(a) It turns black and white.
(b) It becomes more vibrant.
(c) The coloring becomes red and yellow.
(d) It changes to a more pastel hue.

6. What does Woodrue explain about Swamp Thing's escape and return?
(a) That Woodrue almost killed Swamp Thing when he escaped.
(b) That Woodrue helped him by bringing him back to the swamp.
(c) That Woodrue is Swamp Thing's best friend and wanted to help him.
(d) That Woodrue had no part in Swamp Thing's escape and return.

7. Who is Swamp Thing battling against for his humanity?
(a) Bullies.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Ghouls.
(d) Monsters.

8. What is Alec Holland's formula called?
(a) Bio-restorative formula.
(b) Meta-gnosic formula.
(c) Organic restorative juice.
(d) Bio-organic compound.

9. What is Swamp Thing's status quo at the beginning of Book Three?
(a) Angst.
(b) Complete anger.
(c) Complete inner peace.
(d) Ignorant bliss.

10. How can the first depiction of Swamp Thing in Book Two be described?
(a) Gracious.
(b) Mind-altering.
(c) Startling.
(d) Welcoming.

11. What does Campbell say the original character of Swamp Thing re-emerges as?
(a) A "poetic reinvention."
(b) A "fool."
(c) An "abstraction."
(d) An "accomplishment of Alan Moore's mind."

12. What kind of horrors does Campbell mention that the population of the 1980s had to encounter?
(a) Supervillains, AIDS, black holes.
(b) Tornadoes, earthquakes, sub-atomic particles.
(c) AIDS, nuclear proliferation, and rises in missing children.
(d) Bad haircuts, AIDS, cryogenics.

13. How does Woodrue feel after the connection to Swamp Thing's flower?
(a) That he has "become sage."
(b) That he has "risen."
(c) That he has "ascended."
(d) That he has "never felt better."

14. What does Woodrue take from Swamp Thing's body?
(a) A lichen.
(b) A piece of moss.
(c) A yam-like tuber.
(d) A crooked staff.

15. What does Campbell say about the stories of the late 1960s?
(a) The stories were often happy and blissful.
(b) The stories were too cynical.
(c) The stories were radical and life-changing.
(d) The stories were often shrill, obvious and melodramatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do three young men decide to do out on the bayou?

2. What does Woodrue plot to do to the old man?

3. What does the Floronic Man telepathically order many of the buildings in the town to do?

4. During Book Three, what does a police officer do after hearing about the destruction of a neighboring town?

5. What is Woodrue made of?

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