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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Woodrue wish to attain?
(a) A scientific degree.
(b) A successful job.
(c) A level of oneness with plant life.
(d) The Nobel Peace Prize.

2. What kind of apocalypse is pronounced to be coming from the hands of the Floronic Man?
(a) The "red apocalypse."
(b) The "zombie apocalypse."
(c) The "swamp apocalypse."
(d) The "green apocalypse."

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

4. How is Woodrue envious of Swamp Thing?
(a) He envies Swamp Thing's compassion.
(b) He envies Swamp Thing's strength.
(c) He envies Swamp Thing's serenity.
(d) He envies Swamp Thing's friends.

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

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

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

8. What does the Floronic Man telepathically order many of the buildings in the town to do?
(a) Dissolve into dust.
(b) Blow up.
(c) Sink beneath the sea.
(d) Be crushed by huge vines.

9. What does Moore point out from the 1980s that he says permeated popular culture?
(a) Magical iconography.
(b) Horror iconography.
(c) Suspense iconography.
(d) Comic iconography.

10. When did comics undergo the paradigm shift mentioned by Campbell?
(a) During the late sixties.
(b) During the fifties.
(c) During the early sixties.
(d) During the late seventies.

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

12. Who was Swamp Thing's original nemesis?
(a) The Finicky Trickster.
(b) The evil princess Nefirtiti.
(c) The evil wizard Mal Intent.
(d) The evil techno-sorcerer Anton Arcane.

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

14. What is one difference in comic book horror that distinguishes it from other genres?
(a) Duration.
(b) Usage of similes.
(c) Syntax.
(d) Usage of metaphors.

15. What does Woodrue explain about Swamp Thing's escape and return?
(a) That Woodrue is Swamp Thing's best friend and wanted to help him.
(b) That Woodrue helped him by bringing him back to the swamp.
(c) That Woodrue almost killed Swamp Thing when he escaped.
(d) That Woodrue had no part in Swamp Thing's escape and return.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Swamp Thing blame for taking away his humanity?

2. What have Swamp Thing's eye sockets and mouth area filled up with in the beginning of Book Two?

3. What sort of parallel storylines does Book Three set up?

4. What does Woodrue plot to do to the old man?

5. How does the coloring change in Swamp Thing's dream sequences during Book Two?

(see the answer keys)

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