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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, A Word about Color.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What combination has words add a soundtrack to a largely complete picture?
(a) Picture-specific
(b) Duo-specific
(c) Parallel
(d) Word-specific

2. This effect of contrasting characters and backgrounds is used by which of the following?
(a) Jacques Tardi
(b) All of the following
(c) Tintin
(d) Disney

3. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?
(a) A form of compression through simplification
(b) A form of compression through complication
(c) A form of amplification through simplification
(d) A form of amplification through complication

4. Comic panels break up which of the following?
(a) Time and space
(b) Sound and movement
(c) Space and consistency
(d) Time and sound

5. Who created "A Harlot's Progress," published in 1731?
(a) William Hogarth
(b) Frans Masereel
(c) Lynd Ward
(d) Max Ernst

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose artwork incorporated mad lines to create crazy toddler?

2. What is a powerful force that happens between the panels that allows viewers to use their imagination?

3. Due to the negative connotation of the word "comics," many comics artists have preferred to be known as ________________________.

4. What kind of combination treats words as integral parts of the picture?

5. What transition bypasses time and sets a wandering eye on different aspects of the same place, idea or mood?

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