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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Woodrue's story misleading to Abby and Matt?
(a) It is oddly honest.
(b) It wasn't structured well.
(c) It is only partially accurate.
(d) It never finished.

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

3. What does Swamp Thing try to remember while in his dream state?
(a) The location of the Autistic Center.
(b) Past events concerning his previous life.
(c) Where he put his keys.
(d) His phone number.

4. What does Woodrue do with the article he takes from Swamp Thing?
(a) He hides it.
(b) He throws it away.
(c) He chops it up into tiny pieces.
(d) He ingests it.

5. What is dangerous about this "hyperoxygenated" state the Floronic Man puts the plants in?
(a) This state is very volatile.
(b) This state is not dangerous.
(c) This state is very static.
(d) This state is actually "hypooxygenated."

6. What happens to the three young men out on the bayou?
(a) Their sister finds them, instead.
(b) They are strangled to death.
(c) They are told to go home.
(d) They get eaten by an alligator.

7. What is the weather like during the murder of the old man?
(a) Raining heavily.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Sleeting.
(d) Snowing.

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

9. What was Swamp Thing encased in?
(a) Amber.
(b) Rock.
(c) Ice.
(d) Carbonite.

10. What was Swamp Thing, originally?
(a) Half-man, half-vegetable.
(b) Half-man, half-alien.
(c) Half-food, half-element.
(d) Half-vegetable, half-sheep.

11. What does Woodrue gain from connecting his mind to a flower grown from Swamp Thing?
(a) Nothing at all.
(b) The consciousness of all vegetation.
(c) Megalomania.
(d) An evil view.

12. How does Campbell describe the types of new themes that were discussed?
(a) Cynical politics.
(b) Darker, edgier themes.
(c) Softer, more abstract ideas.
(d) Philosophical conundrums.

13. How does Swamp Thing react to reading the file?
(a) Regenerates again.
(b) He enters a psychotic rage.
(c) Leaves in a neutral state.
(d) Dies.

14. What did Alan Moore do differently with Swamp Thing from Campbell's viewpoint?
(a) He created a different setting.
(b) He meditated upon two new heroes.
(c) He rewrote the origin.
(d) He discussed philosophy.

15. How can the first depiction of Swamp Thing in Book Two be described?
(a) Gracious.
(b) Welcoming.
(c) Startling.
(d) Mind-altering.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which young boy does the Floronic Man order to fetch a video camera for recording?

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

4. What is Swamp Thing's status quo at the beginning of Book Three?

5. What does Campbell make a case for concerning Alan Moore's Swamp Thing?

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