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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. In comics, words represent that which can only exist in time, _______.
(a) movement
(b) smell
(c) action
(d) sound

2. "To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to ___________."
(a) be consigned to oblivion
(b) hell
(c) immortality
(d) a thousand deaths

3. What is another word for motion lines?
(a) Zip-buttons
(b) Zip-ribbons
(c) Swoosh signs
(d) Curlicues

4. What is the space between comic panels called?
(a) The gutter
(b) The jump
(c) The frame
(d) The ditch

5. What additional early examples of comics does the author mention but NOT cover?
(a) Greek painting
(b) Trajan's column
(c) All of the above
(d) Japanese scrolls

Short Answer Questions

1. The art of comics is as _______ as it is ________.

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

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

4. Who created "A Harlot's Progress," published in 1731?

5. Which artist started the trend to incorporate photographic streaking to depict motion?

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