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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, A Word about Color.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who created "A Harlot's Progress," published in 1731?
(a) William Hogarth
(b) Max Ernst
(c) Lynd Ward
(d) Frans Masereel

2. What was the name of Max Ernst's surreal plate sequence?
(a) Woodcut Novels
(b) Carved Novel
(c) Graphic Novel
(d) Collage Novel

3. The author describes comics as a ______, or a medium which "can hold any number of ideas and images."
(a) message
(b) vessel
(c) cartoon
(d) content

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most widely-used, most complex, and most versatile synaesthetic icon?

2. What is another word for motion lines?

3. Who does the author say is the father of modern comics?

4. What is the most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?

5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?

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