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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Six Steps.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What transition features a single subject in distinct progressions?
(a) Aspect-to-aspect
(b) Action-to-action
(c) Moment-to-moment
(d) Subject-to-subject

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

3. "To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to ___________."
(a) immortality
(b) be consigned to oblivion
(c) a thousand deaths
(d) hell

4. Which of the following is NOT an example of possible primitive art?
(a) Running from a sabertooth tiger
(b) Drawing lines in the dirt with a stick
(c) Kicking and moving arms
(d) Beating a pair of stones together

5. The pursuit of truth can be seen as the foundation of which of the following?
(a) Philosophy
(b) All of these
(c) Science
(d) Language

Short Answer Questions

1. What transition offers no logical relationship between panels?

2. When reading comics, how many senses are used between panels?

3. Visual iconography is to vocabulary as closure is to _______________.

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

5. In the structure of a comic, where can senses and emotions be portrayed?

(see the answer key)

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