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

2. What is overtaken by earth's plant consciousness?
(a) Woodrue's humanity.
(b) Matt's alcoholism.
(c) Swamp Thing's humanity.
(d) Abby's body.

3. Who did Alan Moore recast who used to be known as a minor DC villain?
(a) The Werewolf.
(b) The Joker.
(c) The Riddled Penguin.
(d) The Floronic Man.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Woodrue connect his mind to a flower that grew from Swamp Thing?

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

3. What does Swamp Thing sense while in his coma in Book Three?

4. What happens when a townsperson in Book Three strikes a match after the Floronic Man puts the town's plants in a "hyperoxygenated" state?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Floronic Man tell William Anslinger to record?

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

3. Who does Swamp Thing blame when he wakes up from his long dream state in Book Three and why?

4. What makes Ramsey Campbell call Moore's Swamp Thing a "poetic reinvention"?

5. What does the strange boy at the Elysium Lawns Center for Autistic Children ask everyone to do?

6. What does Swamp Thing immediately do after awaking from his coma?

7. In his introduction, what type of context did Alan Moore provide?

8. What does the Green Arrow lament?

9. What is the second ominous warning Jason Blood issues in Book Five to a second man?

10. Why couldn't anyone in the Justice League save the earth from the Floronic Man's scheme?

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