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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Campbell make a case for concerning Alan Moore's Swamp Thing?
(a) That the comic book genre is too trite.
(b) That the comic book medium is a legitimate art form.
(c) That the comic book medium can't be rescued.
(d) That the comic book medium is better than poetry.

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

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

5. What does Woodrue gain from connecting his mind to a flower grown from Swamp Thing?
(a) The consciousness of all vegetation.
(b) Nothing at all.
(c) An evil view.
(d) Megalomania.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of ear does Campbell claim Alan Moore has for dialogue?

3. What does Campbell believe about Moore's work on Swamp Thing?

4. What does Woodrue find when he dissects Swamp Thing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Woodrue lie to Abby Arcane and Matt Cable?

2. How did the swamp take on Alec Holland's consciousness?

3. How is Swamp Thing's overgrown state in the swamp explained by Woodrue?

4. Name two macabre elements employed within Book Two.

5. How does Book One open?

6. How does Swamp Thing prove the Floronic Man is in fact hurting plant life?

7. What happens after Woodrue ingests a yam-like tuber growing from Swamp Thing's body?

8. How is Abby is characterized in Book Five?

9. What happens to Abby Arcane as she walks, depressed and alone, in the swamp?

10. How does the Floronic Man react to the logic shown by Swamp Thing in Book Four?

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