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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Show and Tell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When reading comics, how many senses are used between panels?
(a) Five
(b) One
(c) Four
(d) Zero

2. In the time after the printing press, which art form was obsessed with resemblance, light and color?
(a) Spoken word
(b) Music
(c) Written word
(d) Visual arts

3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?
(a) Juxtaposed pictorial and other images
(b) Intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer
(c) In deliberate sequence
(d) Animation

4. The mixing of words and pictures is more _______ than _______.
(a) alchemy; science
(b) psychology; science
(c) mathematics; psychology
(d) mathematics; alchemy

5. What type of magazine kept comics alive before the 20th century?
(a) German cartoon
(b) British caricature
(c) American writing
(d) French art

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisner call a desperation device?

2. Which of the following contributed to the shift in resemblance towards meaning in art?

3. When and where did the author think comics originated?

4. What does McCloud name the two bastions of cartoon art?

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

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