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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What comparison is drawn by Woodrue concerning consciousness and wise men?
(a) Cannibals eat wise men to gain knowledge.
(b) Men are only wise if they lose consciousness.
(c) True consciousness is only given to the wise men.
(d) Consciousness manifests in wise women, not men.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Where is Swamp Thing when the old man takes a peek at him?
(a) The airgas chamber.
(b) The hydroponic chamber.
(c) The center tech room.
(d) The cryochamber.

12. What is Swamp Thing truly?
(a) Half-fruit, half-heart.
(b) Half-bone, half-meat.
(c) Half-wood, half-plant.
(d) A golem, purely plant.

13. What happens to the three young men out on the bayou?
(a) Their sister finds them, instead.
(b) They are told to go home.
(c) They get eaten by an alligator.
(d) They are strangled to death.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Moore think fictional horror is popular?

2. How does Swamp Thing react to reading the file?

3. What system does Woodrue take over that allows him to control doors, etc.?

4. What is the weather like during the murder of the old man?

5. What was Swamp Thing, originally?

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