1. In a panel with a lot of action, such as the one on page 95, each figure is arranged sequentially and the audience will read them left to right. This could be argued as fitting the definition of _______.
(a) comics
(b) cartoons
(c) panels
(d) gutters

2. Which blatantly expressionistic artist created The Underground?
(a) Carl Bark
(b) Robert Crumb
(c) Rory Hayes
(d) Charles Schultz

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. What is the most widely-used, most complex, and most versatile synaesthetic icon?
(a) Aspect-to-aspect
(b) Sound effects
(c) Motion line
(d) Word balloon

5. Who is the author of the book?
(a) Rudolphe Töpffer
(b) Will Eisner
(c) Stan Lee
(d) Scott McCloud

Short Answer Questions

1. Using the example of driving to illustrate non-visual awareness, what is the likely response of the driver of the vehicle being struck if one car hits another?

2. The author likens the representation of Egyptian hieroglyphics to which of the following?

3. The author describes comics as a ______, or a medium which "can hold any number of ideas and images."

4. In comics, words represent that which can only exist in time, _______.

5. Comic panels break up which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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