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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) Every extended metaphor.
(b) Every plot line.
(c) Any given title or character.
(d) Any use of simile.

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

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

4. Which young boy does the Floronic Man order to fetch a video camera for recording?
(a) William Anslinger.
(b) Billy Bob Armslinger.
(c) Milton Ansling.
(d) Will Arlington.

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. What is Alec Holland's formula called?
(a) Bio-restorative formula.
(b) Meta-gnosic formula.
(c) Organic restorative juice.
(d) Bio-organic compound.

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

11. Where are Abby Arcane and Matt Cable searching for Swamp Thing in Book Two?
(a) Louisiana Main.
(b) Red Light District.
(c) The New Orleans Penitentiary.
(d) The Louisiana bayou.

12. 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.

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

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

15. What kind of ear does Campbell claim Alan Moore has for dialogue?
(a) Strange.
(b) Unerring.
(c) Errant.
(d) Unbalanced.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How can the first depiction of Swamp Thing in Book Two be described?

3. What small town does the Floronic Man enter in Book Three?

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

5. What does Moore's writing retain that Campbell considers to be accomplished work?

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