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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. When and where did the author think comics originated?
(a) Picture manuscript "discovered" by Cortes, around 1519
(b) Tapestry detailing the Norman Conquest of England, in 1066
(c) Egyptian hieroglyphics, 32 centuries ago
(d) Has no idea

2. Each panel of a comic shows a ______________________.
(a) illusion of time and motion
(b) multiple moments in time
(c) several motions in time
(d) single moment in time

3. Panel shapes affect which of the following?
(a) Dimensions
(b) Meanings
(c) Time
(d) Experience

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

5. What is a powerful force that happens between the panels that allows viewers to use their imagination?
(a) Participation
(b) Education
(c) Drive
(d) Endurance

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first artist to present specific motions in a panel-to-panel form?

2. What is not one of the vertices of the triangular pictorial vocabulary?

3. In a single image, what can you use to add words without introducing time?

4. Due to the negative connotation of the word "comics," many comics artists have preferred to be known as ________________________.

5. This effect of contrasting characters and backgrounds is used by which of the following?

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