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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. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?
(a) A form of compression through complication
(b) A form of compression through simplification
(c) A form of amplification through simplification
(d) A form of amplification through complication

2. The author likens the representation of Egyptian hieroglyphics to which of the following?
(a) Sounds
(b) Comics
(c) Words
(d) Numbers

3. Who created "A Harlot's Progress," published in 1731?
(a) Max Ernst
(b) Lynd Ward
(c) William Hogarth
(d) Frans Masereel

4. Widening the shape of a panel can affect the _______ of time.
(a) depiction
(b) perception
(c) romanticization
(d) characterization

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following icons has a fixed and absolute meaning?

2. Which comic artist introduced the storytelling techniques used in most mainstream comics?

3. What symbol does the author use to demonstrate the universality of cartoon imagery?

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

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

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