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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Vocabulary of Comics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Egyptian paintings read?
(a) Up to down
(b) Right to left
(c) Left to right
(d) Zig-zag

2. Who does the author say is the father of modern comics?
(a) Will Eisner
(b) Rudolphe Töpffer
(c) Stan Lee
(d) Scott McCloud

3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?
(a) In deliberate sequence
(b) Intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer
(c) Juxtaposed pictorial and other images
(d) Animation

4. The author likens the representation of Egyptian hieroglyphics to which of the following?
(a) Numbers
(b) Words
(c) Sounds
(d) Comics

5. Which of the following is true?
(a) Animation is spatially juxtaposed; comics are sequential in time.
(b) Animation is spatially juxtaposed; comics are spatially juxtaposed.
(c) Animation is sequential in time; comics are spatially juxtaposed.
(d) Animation is sequential in time; comics are sequential in time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Japanese comics artists also drew more realistic characters to emphasize __________________________.

3. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?

4. What is an example of comics that is not referred to as comics?

5. Who painted "The Treachery of Images?"

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