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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 Campbell believe about Moore's work on Swamp Thing?
(a) It is a work in progress.
(b) It is the greatest example of poetic diction.
(c) It is one of the finest examples of contemporary horror fiction.
(d) It is a travesty of fiction.

2. What does Swamp Thing compare Floronic Man's character to in Book Three?
(a) A chemical.
(b) A metastatis.
(c) An organ.
(d) A cancer.

3. Who leads the government agency that pursues and tries to kill Swamp Thing?
(a) Colonel Sanders.
(b) General Sunderland.
(c) Admiral Adama.
(d) Major Tom.

4. During Book Three, what does a police officer do after hearing about the destruction of a neighboring town?
(a) He destroys his house plants and kills his lawn with a toxic herbicide.
(b) He abandons his family.
(c) He goes into shock.
(d) He moves his family to the city.

5. What do three young men decide to do out on the bayou?
(a) Rescue their lost sister.
(b) Wrestle a gator.
(c) Take a joyride.
(d) Take a swim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moore point out from the 1980s that he says permeated popular culture?

2. What does Woodrue find when he dissects Swamp Thing?

3. What does Swamp Thing do just in time after waking up from his dream state in Book Three?

4. What is wrong with Swamp Thing's memories during his dream sequences in Book Three?

5. How does Woodrue connect his mind to a flower that grew from Swamp Thing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Campbell classify as unique about the duration of comic books?

2. What does Swamp Thing do when he recognizes that Abby is scared in Book Six?

3. What reason does Moore use to explain why horror became so popular in the 1980s?

4. Who does Swamp Thing fight in Book Seven?

5. How is Abby is characterized in Book Five?

6. How does The Monkey King operate?

7. What universal human gesture does Moore use at the end of Book Four and why?

8. What special significance does Campbell say Moore imbues to the Floronic Man?

9. How does the Floronic Man react to the logic shown by Swamp Thing in Book Four?

10. Why is it strange that Matt drives Abby back home in the last scene of Book Seven?

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