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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Campbell explain was probably in print before the average reader was born?
(a) Every plot line.
(b) Every extended metaphor.
(c) Any use of simile.
(d) Any given title or character.

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

3. What was the original story of Swamp Thing about?
(a) Mrs. Holland and Abby Arcane.
(b) Alec Holland and Abby Arcane.
(c) Alec Holland and his wife.
(d) Alec Holland and his cousin.

4. Who brought the Swamp Thing to Washington D.C.?
(a) Jason Woodrue.
(b) The man's corporation.
(c) The Floronic Man.
(d) Abby Arcane.

5. What does Woodrue find when he dissects Swamp Thing?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Three hearts.
(c) Alec Holland's skull.
(d) Organs that don't function.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did comics undergo the paradigm shift mentioned by Campbell?

2. What did Alan Moore do differently with Swamp Thing from Campbell's viewpoint?

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

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

5. Whose file does Swamp Thing read after he regenerates and reawakens?

(see the answer key)

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