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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 name does Swamp Thing remember while dreaming in Book Three?

2. How does Woodrue feel after the connection to Swamp Thing's flower?

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

4. What does Campbell say about the stories of the late 1960s?

5. Who does Swamp Thing blame for taking away his humanity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Paul's parents doing right before they died?

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

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

4. What makes Ramsey Campbell call Moore's Swamp Thing a "poetic reinvention"?

5. Name two macabre elements employed within Book Two.

6. What does the Floronic Man declare will happen during his "green millennium"?

7. What does Alec Holland's skull symbolize?

8. Name three devices Alan Moore employs that make him a good storyteller according to Ramsey Campbell.

9. How is Swamp Thing's overgrown state in the swamp explained by Woodrue?

10. How does The Monkey King operate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Since the artist controls the orientation of the reader/viewer's perspective, the artist functions somewhat like a director of the comic. Moore uses sensory detail to grip the reader. When presenting Paul's memory of the Monkey King, Moore uses several sensory details to depict horror. Identify three of these sensory details and explain how they intensify Paul's memory and engage the audience in his horrific past.

Essay Topic 2

Book Six grips the audience in the tension surrounding the Monkey King's dangerous presence. Define dramatic irony. How does Moore utilize dramatic irony when building tension around the Monkey King? How is this type of tension used throughout Swamp Thing and what is its relationship to horror fiction? Use material from Books One to Six to support your examples.

Essay Topic 3

In Book One, Jason Woodrue is revealed to be the Floronic Man. How is the character drawn and written to reveal dual expressions of the same personality? How does the audience perceive Jason Woodrue? How does the audience perceive the Floronic Man? Using three supporting evidences from Book One, explain how Moore depicts the visual, verbal, and aural characteristics of this one character with dual selves.

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