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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Blood in the Gutter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Herges' style is typically comprised of __________________.
(a) icon and reality
(b) meaning and icon
(c) icon and language
(d) reality and language

2. Pictures are ______ information. Writing is _______ information.
(a) perceived; perceived
(b) received; perceived
(c) received; received
(d) perceived; received

3. 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

4. Closure in comics fosters an intimacy between ________________________.
(a) the brand and the distributor
(b) the reader and the frame
(c) the artist and the publisher
(d) the creator and audience

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?

2. What transition requires deductive reasoning and transports the reader across significant distances of time and space?

3. The author believes that comics is an art form similar to which of the following?

4. What panel-to-panel transition requires the least amount of closure?

5. Using the example of driving to illustrate non-visual awareness, what is the likely response of the driver of the vehicle being struck if one car hits another?

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