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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Blood in the Gutter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were innovative characteristics of Rudolphe Töpffer's work?
(a) Cartooning
(b) Interdependent combination of words and pictures
(c) All of the above
(d) Panel borders

2. What object is painted in "The Treachery of Images?"
(a) A flute
(b) A spoon
(c) A drum
(d) A pipe

3. Which pair of words does not relate to each other, in terms of comic style?
(a) Realistic; iconic
(b) Famous; anonymous
(c) Complex; simple
(d) Objective; subjective

4. What transition bypasses time and sets a wandering eye on different aspects of the same place, idea or mood?
(a) Aspect-to-aspect
(b) Scene-to-scene
(c) Moment-to-moment
(d) Action-to-action

5. What transition offers no logical relationship between panels?
(a) Scene-to-scene
(b) Non-sequitur
(c) Action-to-action
(d) Subject-to-subject

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What additional early examples of comics does the author mention but NOT cover?

3. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Herges' style is typically comprised of __________________.

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

5. What is not one of the vertices of the triangular pictorial vocabulary?

(see the answer key)

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