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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. When and where did the author think comics originated?
(a) Tapestry detailing the Norman Conquest of England, in 1066
(b) Has no idea
(c) Egyptian hieroglyphics, 32 centuries ago
(d) Picture manuscript "discovered" by Cortes, around 1519

2. What was the name of Max Ernst's surreal plate sequence?
(a) Carved Novel
(b) Collage Novel
(c) Graphic Novel
(d) Woodcut Novels

3. Due to the negative connotation of the word "comics," many comics artists have preferred to be known as ________________________.
(a) All of the above
(b) Cartoonists
(c) Illustrators
(d) Commercial artists

4. What is the most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?
(a) Action-to-action
(b) Moment-to-moment
(c) Scene-to-scene
(d) Subject-to-subject

5. In the structure of a comic, where can senses and emotions be portrayed?
(a) Between panels
(b) Neither between nor within panels
(c) Within panels
(d) Both between and within panels

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What object is painted in "The Treachery of Images?"

3. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Mary Fleener's style is NOT typically comprised of ________.

4. The bold lines, obtuse angles and heavy blacks in Dick Tracy were meant to suggest a _________ of adults.

5. Which of the following icons has a fixed and absolute meaning?

(see the answer key)

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