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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one difference in comic book horror that distinguishes it from other genres?

2. How does Swamp Thing know that something is wrong in the beginning of Book Three?

3. What does Swamp Thing discover in Book Two that distresses him?

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

5. What does Woodrue decide he must do to the world after connecting his mind to Swamp Thing's flower?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who fetches "Evangeline" and why?

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

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

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

5. Why is Book One told primarily in first-person?

6. How does the Floronic Man pass as a human?

7. How does The Monkey King operate?

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

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

10. What does the Green Arrow lament?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Book Three develops the evil plot of the Floronic Man. Tackle the argument the Floronic Man provides: should humanity be destroyed because of its mostly ignorant but sometimes intended slaughter of plant life? Compile and develop at least three points that either agree or disagree with the Floronic Man's statement.

Essay Topic 2

Even though Swamp Thing is purely plant, Book Three seems to suggest that Swamp Thing has a vestige of humanity in his consciousness. How does Moore develop the idea that Swamp Thing possesses a type of humanity? How does Moore define humanity, if Swamp Thing, a purely golem creature is able to possess a sense of humanness? Using evidence from Book Three, explain humanity as Moore defines it.

Essay Topic 3

In Book One, Jason Woodrue promotes the idea that consciousness can be passed between beings through consumption. First, examine the relationship between food and thought as depicted by the images and words in the comic as Moore shows it. Second, answer the following question: How does the former idea affect the storyline in Swamp Thing? Support your argument with at least two logical examples that have supporting evidence in the book Swamp Thing.

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