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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. Which of the following artists uses more transitions than normal?
(a) G. Hernandez
(b) Spiegelman
(c) Jack Kirby
(d) Osamu Tezuka

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

3. What is the most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?
(a) Subject-to-subject
(b) Action-to-action
(c) Scene-to-scene
(d) Moment-to-moment

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

5. Which of the following is NOT an American comic artist that uses the style of creating one set of lines to see and another to be?
(a) Carl Barks
(b) Jaime Hernandez
(c) Dave Sim and Derhard
(d) Tom King

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted "The Treachery of Images?"

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

3. The author likens the representation of Egyptian hieroglyphics to which of the following?

4. Who observed that a non-visual awareness occurs when people interact with inanimate objects?

5. What panel-to-panel transition requires the least amount of closure?

(see the answer key)

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