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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. What does Swamp Thing sense while in his coma in Book Three?
(a) That Abby is in love with him.
(b) The innate wrongness of Floronic Man.
(c) The shifting earth.
(d) The weather patterns.

2. What does Moore point out from the 1980s that he says permeated popular culture?
(a) Suspense iconography.
(b) Magical iconography.
(c) Comic iconography.
(d) Horror iconography.

3. Which Edgar Allen Poe short story is Book One clearly modeled after?
(a) "The Raven."
(b) "The Harem and Prince."
(c) "The Tell-Tale Heart."
(d) "The Sycamore."

4. When was the idea of Swamp Thing first conceived?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1972.

5. How is Woodrue envious of Swamp Thing?
(a) He envies Swamp Thing's friends.
(b) He envies Swamp Thing's serenity.
(c) He envies Swamp Thing's compassion.
(d) He envies Swamp Thing's strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Swamp Thing's status quo at the beginning of Book Three?

2. What is the weather like during the murder of the old man?

3. How does Campbell suggest a good writer use the DC universe to his or her advantage?

4. Which young boy does the Floronic Man order to fetch a video camera for recording?

5. What small town does the Floronic Man enter in Book Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What helps Swamp Thing reattach his arm to his shoulder?

2. What type of state does the Floronic Man put Lacroix's plants in during Book Three and why?

3. How does The Monkey King operate?

4. Who shrinks the Monkey King down in size and how?

5. Why does Jason Woodrue wish to kill the old man?

6. Why is Woodrue envious of Swamp Thing's serenity?

7. What is Woodrue's plan to kill the old man and does it work?

8. What does Swamp Thing immediately do after awaking from his coma?

9. How does Moore employ dramatic irony in Book Six?

10. In his introduction, what type of context did Alan Moore provide?

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