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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Woodrue spray on himself to pass for a human?
(a) Amber.
(b) Skin.
(c) Paint.
(d) Residual homobiology.

2. What does Woodrue gain from connecting his mind to a flower grown from Swamp Thing?
(a) The consciousness of all vegetation.
(b) Nothing at all.
(c) An evil view.
(d) Megalomania.

3. What does Woodrue plot to do to the old man?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Scare him.
(c) Imprison him.
(d) Kill his children.

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

6. What "consumed" Alec Holland?
(a) Air.
(b) Alligators.
(c) The swamp.
(d) Fire.

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

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

9. What is the weather like during the murder of the old man?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Raining heavily.
(d) Sleeting.

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

11. Where are Abby Arcane and Matt Cable searching for Swamp Thing in Book Two?
(a) Red Light District.
(b) The New Orleans Penitentiary.
(c) Louisiana Main.
(d) The Louisiana bayou.

12. How does Woodrue actually look when not in disguise?
(a) Like a weeping willow.
(b) A red bark creature.
(c) A yellow bark and leaf covered creature.
(d) Wheat grains and barley.

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

14. What did Alan Moore do differently with Swamp Thing from Campbell's viewpoint?
(a) He rewrote the origin.
(b) He meditated upon two new heroes.
(c) He discussed philosophy.
(d) He created a different setting.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which young boy does the Floronic Man order to fetch a video camera for recording?

3. During Book Three, what does the Floronic Man send the young boy off who recorded for him to do?

4. What happens when a townsperson in Book Three strikes a match after the Floronic Man puts the town's plants in a "hyperoxygenated" state?

5. How does Campbell describe the types of new themes that were discussed?

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