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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what kind of rate does the Floronic Man cause the plants to produce oxygen in the young boy's town during the recording?
(a) Slow rate.
(b) Accelerated rate.
(c) Mediocre rate.
(d) Monotonic rate.

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

3. 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) Bad haircuts, AIDS, cryogenics.
(c) Supervillains, AIDS, black holes.
(d) Tornadoes, earthquakes, sub-atomic particles.

4. What does Campbell explain the comic genre would not have without the late 1960s period?
(a) The interesting theorist, Scott McLeod.
(b) The crazed philosopher, Sartre.
(c) The brilliant artist, Ashley Wood.
(d) The excellent writer, Alan Moore.

5. Who is Swamp Thing battling against for his humanity?
(a) Ghouls.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Bullies.
(d) Fairies.

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

7. Who does Swamp Thing blame for taking away his humanity?
(a) Woodrue.
(b) Anton Arcane.
(c) The old man.
(d) Himself.

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

9. How does Woodrue feel after the connection to Swamp Thing's flower?
(a) That he has "never felt better."
(b) That he has "become sage."
(c) That he has "ascended."
(d) That he has "risen."

10. What does Woodrue do with the article he takes from Swamp Thing?
(a) He chops it up into tiny pieces.
(b) He hides it.
(c) He ingests it.
(d) He throws it away.

11. What is Swamp Thing's status quo at the beginning of Book Three?
(a) Complete inner peace.
(b) Complete anger.
(c) Ignorant bliss.
(d) Angst.

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

13. What does fictional horror usually depend upon according to Campbell?
(a) Heartwarming relationships.
(b) Elevated diction.
(c) A carefully contained and controlled environment.
(d) Men in tights to save the day.

14. What was Swamp Thing, originally?
(a) Half-vegetable, half-sheep.
(b) Half-man, half-alien.
(c) Half-food, half-element.
(d) Half-man, half-vegetable.

15. What does Swamp Thing sense while in his coma in Book Three?
(a) The innate wrongness of Floronic Man.
(b) The weather patterns.
(c) The shifting earth.
(d) That Abby is in love with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one consequence of Moore's comic book horror?

2. What talks to Swamp Thing and convinces him of fighting for his own humanity?

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

4. What happens after the Floronic Man orders the young boy to record?

5. What does Campbell make a case for concerning Alan Moore's Swamp Thing?

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