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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Flat color can make shapes, figures and backgrounds more ________.
(a) boring
(b) oppressive
(c) objective
(d) subjective

2. The mixing of words and pictures is more _______ than _______.
(a) mathematics; alchemy
(b) mathematics; psychology
(c) alchemy; science
(d) psychology; science

3. Which of the following is NOT an additive primary?
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Red
(d) Yellow

4. What is the first step of art creation, the one that contains the work's content, emotions and philosophies?
(a) Structure
(b) Craft
(c) Idiom
(d) Idea/Purpose

5. What step finishes the first superficial exposure to the work?
(a) Idiom
(b) Structure
(c) Surface
(d) Form

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of combination uses words and pictures on separate courses with no intersection?

2. In what year were the three additive primaries isolated?

3. Which of the following contributed to the shift in resemblance towards meaning in art?

4. In black and white, the ideas ______ the art are communicated more ______.

5. What combination has words add a soundtrack to a largely complete picture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened after the birth of Expressionism?

2. In panels rich with images, why would an artist add words?

3. How can an artist depict emotion in a comic?

4. What are the disadvantages of color in comics?

5. How can a word balloon vary?

6. What problem results from people believing that comics is a new form of media?

7. What are the advantages of color in comics?

8. What was one result of the color printing used for superheroes?

9. Why was the four-color process created?

10. In Chapter 7, how does McCloud see, or define, art?

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