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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. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Herges' style is typically comprised of __________________.
(a) meaning and icon
(b) reality and language
(c) icon and reality
(d) icon and language

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

3. When does the author begin practicing to be a comics artist?
(a) After his dog dies
(b) In tenth grade
(c) During his first office job
(d) Since he could pick up a pencil

4. Visual iconography is to vocabulary as closure is to _______________.
(a) punctuation
(b) grammar
(c) capitalization
(d) speech

5. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Mary Fleener's style is NOT typically comprised of ________.
(a) reality
(b) non-iconic content
(c) language
(d) iconic content

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the title of the sequel to "A Harlot's Progress?"

3. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?

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

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

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