1. Due to the negative connotation of the word "comics," many comics artists have preferred to be known as ________________________.
(a) Commercial artists
(b) Cartoonists
(c) All of the above
(d) Illustrators

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

3. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?
(a) A picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing
(b) One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol
(c) Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea
(d) A representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred

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

5. When does the author begin practicing to be a comics artist?
(a) Since he could pick up a pencil
(b) In tenth grade
(c) During his first office job
(d) After his dog dies

Short Answer Questions

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 _______.

2. What step constructs the work by applying skills, practical knowledge, invention, and problem-solving?

3. Which of the following activity does not grow out of basic human instincts?

4. Whose work often evoked a world of depravity and morbid decay through dense puddles of ink and fraying linework?

5. The standard ______ color process was introduced to help control color costs and streamline the process.

(see the answer key)

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