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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 is the phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole?
(a) Closure
(b) Fragmentation
(c) Gestalt
(d) Dementia

2. Which artist started the trend to incorporate photographic streaking to depict motion?
(a) Bill Everett
(b) Gene Colan
(c) Gene Mager
(d) Jack Kirby

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

4. Who is the 44th comic artist listed in the triangle?
(a) Mary Fleener
(b) Craig Russell
(c) Lynda Barry
(d) Gilbert Hernandez

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does McCloud call the "ultimate abstraction?"

3. Which of the following artists uses more transitions than normal?

4. Which of the following can lengthen the pause between panels?

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

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