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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the old man want to know about the formula's impact on Swamp Thing?
(a) Why the negative side effects didn't manifest.
(b) Why it tripled the impact on Swamp Thing.
(c) Why it worked on Swamp Thing.
(d) Why it didn't work on Swamp Thing.

3. How does Swamp Thing know that something is wrong in the beginning of Book Three?
(a) Abby told him something was wrong.
(b) His consciousness feels something is wrong.
(c) The Floronic Man told him.
(d) He can smell danger.

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

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

6. Who is informed too late of the Floronic Man's dangerous presence in Book Three?
(a) The Justice League of America.
(b) Flash.
(c) Vash the Stampede.
(d) The government.

7. What have Swamp Thing's eye sockets and mouth area filled up with in the beginning of Book Two?
(a) Milk.
(b) Fire.
(c) Water.
(d) Juice.

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

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

10. What does Moore's writing retain that Campbell considers to be accomplished work?
(a) Profound emotions.
(b) Insincere dialogue.
(c) Magical allusions.
(d) Hearty aphorisms.

11. When was the idea of Swamp Thing first conceived?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1968.

12. What does Woodrue believe about consciousness?
(a) That consciousness is only a manifestation of the soul.
(b) That it can be passed along by foodstuffs.
(c) That consciousness never dies.
(d) That it can be regenerated.

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

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

15. What does Swamp Thing discover in Book Two that distresses him?
(a) His girlfriend left him.
(b) He has frostbite.
(c) His toes aren't working.
(d) He is no longer Alec Holland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gradually covers the old man?

2. What kind of ear does Campbell claim Alan Moore has for dialogue?

3. What was Swamp Thing encased in?

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. What kind of apocalypse is pronounced to be coming from the hands of the Floronic Man?

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