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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens after the Floronic Man orders the young boy to record?
(a) The Floronic Man lights a match.
(b) The Floronic Man traps the town in vegetation.
(c) The boy runs away in fear.
(d) The Floronic Man kills Abby Arcane.

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

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

5. What system does Woodrue take over that allows him to control doors, etc.?
(a) The building's computer system.
(b) The plumbing system.
(c) The medical system.
(d) The radial heating system.

6. Who is Woodrue revealed to be?
(a) The superhero, Superman.
(b) The supervillain, Mr. Manic.
(c) The supervillian, the Floronic Man.
(d) The supervillain, Jekyll.

7. What gradually covers the old man?
(a) Blood.
(b) Rain.
(c) Moss.
(d) Slime.

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

9. How do Swamp Thing's fingers extend?
(a) Like webs.
(b) With mechanical triggers.
(c) At the push of a button.
(d) Like vines.

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

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

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

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

14. How could Swamp Thing's problem be classified?
(a) As spiritual.
(b) As psychological.
(c) As militant.
(d) As biological.

15. What do three young men decide to do out on the bayou?
(a) Wrestle a gator.
(b) Take a swim.
(c) Rescue their lost sister.
(d) Take a joyride.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Woodrue's story misleading to Abby and Matt?

3. What does Moore point out from the 1980s that he says permeated popular culture?

4. When did comics undergo the paradigm shift mentioned by Campbell?

5. What is one difference in comic book horror that distinguishes it from other genres?

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