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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. Which of the following can lengthen the pause between panels?
(a) All of the above
(b) The space between panels
(c) The content of the panels
(d) The number of panels

2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?
(a) In deliberate sequence
(b) Juxtaposed pictorial and other images
(c) Animation
(d) Intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer

3. When reading comics, how many senses are used between panels?
(a) Four
(b) One
(c) Five
(d) Zero

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true?

2. Which pair of words does not relate to each other, in terms of comic style?

3. What was the name of Max Ernst's surreal plate sequence?

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

5. Comic readers are conditioned by real life and other media to expect a _______ progression in comics.

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