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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 does Woodrue gain from connecting his mind to a flower grown from Swamp Thing?

2. During Book Three, what does the Floronic Man send the young boy off who recorded for him to do?

3. How do Swamp Thing's fingers extend?

4. Who did Alan Moore recast who used to be known as a minor DC villain?

5. What does Campbell say about the stories of the late 1960s?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is it strange that Matt drives Abby back home in the last scene of Book Seven?

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

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

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

6. What were Paul's parents doing right before they died?

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

8. How does Moore employ dramatic irony in Book Six?

9. How is Abby is characterized in Book Five?

10. How does the Floronic Man view the Swamp thing when he offers him the human woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the final books, the boy Paul has an important role to play. How does Moore describe Paul's character? What does Paul contribute to the overall plot? Specifically use Book Seven to identify Paul's significance to Etrigan and Swamp Thing. How do these characters respond to Paul? What does Paul do at the end of Book Seven that echoes a scene in Book Four?

Essay Topic 2

Book Six grips the audience in the tension surrounding the Monkey King's dangerous presence. Define dramatic irony. How does Moore utilize dramatic irony when building tension around the Monkey King? How is this type of tension used throughout Swamp Thing and what is its relationship to horror fiction? Use material from Books One to Six to support your examples.

Essay Topic 3

In Book Four, Moore has an elderly gentleman try to save Abby with a chainsaw named "Evangeline." The Floronic Man explains that the chainsaw has been "canonized" into modern horror fiction. Why does Moore include the chainsaw? What does Moore achieve by having the Floronic Man identify the canonization of a horror icon? What is the symbolic nature of the name "Evangeline"? Using Book Four as context, explain how Moore develops his story using allusions.

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