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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Time Frames.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What genre cannot exist in comics?
(a) Satire
(b) None of the above
(c) Biography
(d) Epic poetry

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

3. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?
(a) One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol
(b) A representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred
(c) A picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing
(d) Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea

4. Comic readers are conditioned by real life and other media to expect a _______ progression in comics.
(a) linear
(b) indirect
(c) exponential
(d) logarithmic

5. When does the author begin practicing to be a comics artist?
(a) In tenth grade
(b) Since he could pick up a pencil
(c) After his dog dies
(d) During his first office job

Short Answer Questions

1. Closure in comics fosters an intimacy between ________________________.

2. Most Japanese comics first appear published in __________________.

3. What transition requires deductive reasoning and transports the reader across significant distances of time and space?

4. What techniques can be used to create timelessness?

5. McCloud notes that we perceive the world as ______ through the experience of our senses, even though our senses can only reveal a _______ world.

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