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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. What is the space between comic panels called?
(a) The jump
(b) The frame
(c) The gutter
(d) The ditch

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

3. Comic panels break up which of the following?
(a) Time and sound
(b) Sound and movement
(c) Space and consistency
(d) Time and space

4. 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?
(a) "His car hit me!"
(b) "He hit me!"
(c) "His car hit my car!"
(d) "He hit my car!"

5. Which of the following icons are fluid and variable in how realistic they are?
(a) Idols
(b) Non-pictorial
(c) Saints
(d) Pictorial

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the woodcut artist known for his silent "Woodcut Novels" of fables?

3. What genre cannot exist in comics?

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

5. Because artists don't expect audiences to identify with backgrounds such as brick walls or landscapes, backgrounds tend to be more ______ than the story's characters.

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