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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose file does Swamp Thing read after he regenerates and reawakens?
(a) Abby's file.
(b) Paul's file.
(c) The old man's file.
(d) Woodrue's file.

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

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

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

5. What is one difference in comic book horror that distinguishes it from other genres?
(a) Usage of metaphors.
(b) Usage of similes.
(c) Syntax.
(d) Duration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old man want to know about the formula's impact on Swamp Thing?

2. What does Swamp Thing discover in Book Two that distresses him?

3. In Book Four, what does the Floronic Man offer to Swamp Thing?

4. What is one of Moore's postmodern nods in the book?

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

(see the answer key)

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