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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Woodrue made of?
(a) Plant tissue.
(b) Digestives.
(c) Wood.
(d) Daisies.

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

3. 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.

4. How can the first depiction of Swamp Thing in Book Two be described?
(a) Gracious.
(b) Startling.
(c) Mind-altering.
(d) Welcoming.

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

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

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

8. Who does the Floronic Man kill toward the end of Book Three?
(a) His neighbor, Trisha.
(b) The local sheriff's wife.
(c) The local sheriff.
(d) William Anslinger.

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

10. What small town does the Floronic Man enter in Book Three?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Lacroix.
(d) Larue.

11. Whose file does Swamp Thing read after he regenerates and reawakens?
(a) Paul's file.
(b) The old man's file.
(c) Woodrue's file.
(d) Abby's file.

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

13. How does Woodrue connect his mind to a flower that grew from Swamp Thing?
(a) Via an electrical device.
(b) Via osmosis.
(c) Via telepathy.
(d) Via metastasis.

14. What was Swamp Thing encased in?
(a) Carbonite.
(b) Amber.
(c) Ice.
(d) Rock.

15. How does Campbell describe the types of new themes that were discussed?
(a) Cynical politics.
(b) Darker, edgier themes.
(c) Softer, more abstract ideas.
(d) Philosophical conundrums.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Swamp Thing when he remembers Alec's wedding?

2. What is wrong with Swamp Thing when Abby and Matt find him?

3. What does Woodrue explain about Swamp Thing's escape and return?

4. Who was Swamp Thing's original nemesis?

5. Which Edgar Allen Poe short story is Book One clearly modeled after?

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