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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 drew Dick Tracy?
(a) Carl Bark
(b) Krystine Kryttre
(c) R. Crumb
(d) Chester Gould

2. What invention had a significant effect on comics?
(a) Printing
(b) Colored ink
(c) Recycled paper
(d) Ballpoint pens

3. What did Eisner call a desperation device?
(a) Sound effects
(b) Word balloon
(c) Motion line
(d) Aspect-to-aspect

4. What was the title of the sequel to "A Harlot's Progress?"
(a) "A King's Progress"
(b) "A Rake's Progress"
(c) "A Pauper's Progress"
(d) "A Piper's Progress"

5. Closure in comics fosters an intimacy between ________________________.
(a) the brand and the distributor
(b) the creator and audience
(c) the reader and the frame
(d) the artist and the publisher

Short Answer Questions

1. What new law was created to protect Töpffer's new art form following the successful publication of "A Harlot's Progress" and its sequel?

2. What determines the duration of time and dimensions of space in a panel?

3. Which is an example of our ability to extend our identities into inanimate objects?

4. Widening the shape of a panel can affect the _______ of time.

5. What is the phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole?

(see the answer key)

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