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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. During Book Three, what does the Floronic Man send the young boy off who recorded for him to do?
(a) Find a battery for the video camera.
(b) Warn the world of the Floronic Man and his plan.
(c) Find Abby Arcane.
(d) Find his brother, the Metatonic Man.

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

3. Who is Swamp Thing battling against for his humanity?
(a) Fairies.
(b) Ghouls.
(c) Bullies.
(d) Monsters.

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

5. What does Moore point out from the 1980s that he says permeated popular culture?
(a) Comic iconography.
(b) Suspense iconography.
(c) Magical iconography.
(d) Horror iconography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swamp Thing do just in time after waking up from his dream state in Book Three?

2. During Book Three, what does a police officer do after hearing about the destruction of a neighboring town?

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

4. What is one consequence of Moore's comic book horror?

5. What did Alan Moore do differently with Swamp Thing from Campbell's viewpoint?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Floronic Man declare will happen during his "green millennium"?

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

3. What does Campbell classify as unique about the duration of comic books?

4. What reason does Moore use to explain why horror became so popular in the 1980s?

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

6. What does Alec Holland's skull symbolize?

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

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

9. What does Swamp Thing do when he recognizes that Abby is scared in Book Six?

10. Who fetches "Evangeline" and why?

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