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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Living in Line.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is true?
(a) Animation is spatially juxtaposed; comics are spatially juxtaposed.
(b) Animation is spatially juxtaposed; comics are sequential in time.
(c) Animation is sequential in time; comics are sequential in time.
(d) Animation is sequential in time; comics are spatially juxtaposed.

2. How long is the screenfold of 8-Deer "Tiger's-Claw" that was discovered by Cortes around 1519?
(a) 36 yards
(b) 36 inches
(c) 36 meters
(d) 36 foot

3. Within a comic storyline, what is the amount of time that passes from one panel to the next?
(a) One minute
(b) Varies
(c) One day
(d) One second

4. What is the concept of uniting different art forms associated with different senses?
(a) Phenomenology
(b) Marriage
(c) Synaesthetics
(d) Consolidation

5. Who does the author say is the father of modern comics?
(a) Rudolphe Töpffer
(b) Will Eisner
(c) Scott McCloud
(d) Stan Lee

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "Art does not reproduce the visible; rather it makes visible?"

2. What transition features a single subject in distinct progressions?

3. Most Japanese comics first appear published in __________________.

4. How long is the tapestry detailing the Norman Conquest of England?

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

(see the answer key)

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