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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 were innovative characteristics of Rudolphe Töpffer's work?
(a) Interdependent combination of words and pictures
(b) Panel borders
(c) Cartooning
(d) All of the above

2. Which of the following icons are fluid and variable in how realistic they are?
(a) Saints
(b) Idols
(c) Pictorial
(d) Non-pictorial

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

4. Who does the author say is the father of modern comics?
(a) Scott McCloud
(b) Rudolphe Töpffer
(c) Stan Lee
(d) Will Eisner

5. What is the space between comic panels called?
(a) The frame
(b) The ditch
(c) The jump
(d) The gutter

Short Answer Questions

1. What transition requires deductive reasoning and transports the reader across significant distances of time and space?

2. Which of the following is NOT an American comic artist that uses the style of creating one set of lines to see and another to be?

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

4. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Herges' style is typically comprised of __________________.

5. What panel-to-panel transition requires the least amount of closure?

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