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

2. How are Egyptian paintings read?
(a) Left to right
(b) Right to left
(c) Zig-zag
(d) Up to down

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

4. What is a powerful force that happens between the panels that allows viewers to use their imagination?
(a) Drive
(b) Education
(c) Endurance
(d) Participation

5. What does McCloud name the two bastions of cartoon art?
(a) Underground and erotica comics
(b) Erotica and drama comics
(c) Underground and children's comics
(d) Superhero and children's comics

Short Answer Questions

1. Pictures are ______ information. Writing is _______ information.

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

3. How long is the screenfold of 8-Deer "Tiger's-Claw" that was discovered by Cortes around 1519?

4. This effect of contrasting characters and backgrounds is used by which of the following?

5. What was the name of Max Ernst's surreal plate sequence?

(see the answer key)

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