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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of horrors does Campbell mention that the population of the 1980s had to encounter?
(a) Tornadoes, earthquakes, sub-atomic particles.
(b) AIDS, nuclear proliferation, and rises in missing children.
(c) Supervillains, AIDS, black holes.
(d) Bad haircuts, AIDS, cryogenics.

3. What is one consequence of Moore's comic book horror?
(a) The Justice League doesn't exist.
(b) Superheroes are reduced to comical archetypes.
(c) Swamp Thing exists in the same universe as Superman and Batman.
(d) Swamp Thing becomes a villain in the DC universe.

4. What is Jason Woodrue's profession?
(a) Spy.
(b) Professor.
(c) Orthopedic Surgeon.
(d) Doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does fictional horror usually depend upon according to Campbell?

2. What did the man arrange with Woodrue in exchange for performing an autopsy/dissection of Swamp Thing?

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

4. When was the idea of Swamp Thing first conceived?

5. What comparison is drawn by Woodrue concerning consciousness and wise men?

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