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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 does McCloud loosely define cartooning?
(a) A form of amplification through simplification
(b) A form of amplification through complication
(c) A form of compression through complication
(d) A form of compression through simplification

2. The author believes that comics is an art form similar to which of the following?
(a) All of the above
(b) Written word
(c) Music
(d) Theatre

3. What does McCloud call the "ultimate abstraction?"
(a) Ideas
(b) Movies
(c) Words
(d) Pictographs

4. How long is the tapestry detailing the Norman Conquest of England?
(a) 230 feet
(b) 12 yards
(c) 100 feet
(d) 36 meters

5. Which is an example of our ability to extend our identities into inanimate objects?
(a) Glass
(b) Crutches
(c) All of the above
(d) Utensils

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the author begin practicing to be a comics artist?

2. What object is painted in "The Treachery of Images?"

3. Which pair of words does not relate to each other, in terms of comic style?

4. Who painted "The Treachery of Images?"

5. Which of the following is true?

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