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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. Who disallows Woodrue from pursuing further research?

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

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

4. When was the idea of Swamp Thing first conceived?

5. What does the Floronic Man telepathically order many of the buildings in the town to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jason Blood tell Abby Arcane about the Monkey King?

2. How is Abby is characterized in Book Five?

3. Why does Jason Woodrue wish to kill the old man?

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

5. Why is Woodrue envious of Swamp Thing's serenity?

6. Who does Swamp Thing fight in Book Seven?

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

8. What does the Green Arrow lament?

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

10. What does the Floronic Man telepathically order to happen to the buildings in Lacroix?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In Book Two, Swamp Thing is depicted as grown into the swamp with water filling up his eye sockets. Moore uses water to illustrate a significant point about Swamp Thing's consciousness, as well as developing an important plot point. Address the symbolic use of water in Book Two and develop three examples that explain how Moore visually and verbally presents the mental and physical state of Swamp Thing.

Essay Topic 3

In the foreword by Ramsey Campbell, Campbell provides a historical framework to set up Moore's writing. Campbell explains that there was a paradigm shift in the late 1960s within comics. Provide three examples of how comics changed during this time period, whether according to Campbell or according to your own perspective.

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