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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Living in Line.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does McCloud call the "ultimate abstraction?"
(a) Ideas
(b) Movies
(c) Pictographs
(d) Words

2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?
(a) Intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer
(b) In deliberate sequence
(c) Juxtaposed pictorial and other images
(d) Animation

3. What transition features a single subject in distinct progressions?
(a) Moment-to-moment
(b) Action-to-action
(c) Aspect-to-aspect
(d) Subject-to-subject

4. Besides sound, which of the following can represent a span of time in a single panel ?
(a) Silent captions
(b) Borderless panels
(c) Wider gutters
(d) Motion lines

5. Japanese comics artists also drew more realistic characters to emphasize __________________________.
(a) the character's relatability
(b) their "otherness" from the reader
(c) the strokes
(d) the artist's range and skill

Short Answer Questions

1. Which artist started the trend to incorporate photographic streaking to depict motion?

2. How long is the tapestry detailing the Norman Conquest of England?

3. The author likens the representation of Egyptian hieroglyphics to which of the following?

4. When does the author begin practicing to be a comics artist?

5. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?

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