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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. Most Japanese comics first appear published in __________________.
(a) manga magazines
(b) enormous anthology titles
(c) parts
(d) thin publications

2. The author describes comics as a ______, or a medium which "can hold any number of ideas and images."
(a) vessel
(b) content
(c) cartoon
(d) message

3. McCloud notes that we perceive the world as ______ through the experience of our senses, even though our senses can only reveal a _______ world.
(a) incomplete; stable
(b) whole; fragmented
(c) whole; distrustful
(d) incomplete; whole

4. Comic panels break up which of the following?
(a) Time and sound
(b) Time and space
(c) Sound and movement
(d) Space and consistency

5. Visual iconography is to vocabulary as closure is to _______________.
(a) grammar
(b) speech
(c) punctuation
(d) capitalization

Short Answer Questions

1. Herge's Tintin was characterized by very iconic characters with unusually realistic backgrounds. This style is called _______.

2. What transition stays within a scene or idea and requires more closure from the reader in order to find the transition meaningful?

3. The author believes that comics is an art form similar to which of the following?

4. What is the most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?

5. Who was the woodcut artist known for his silent "Woodcut Novels" of fables?

(see the answer key)

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