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

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

3. How long is the tapestry detailing the Norman Conquest of England?
(a) 12 yards
(b) 100 feet
(c) 36 meters
(d) 230 feet

4. In the time after printing was invented, when words and pictures appeared together, how were they combined?
(a) Pictures always appeared larger.
(b) Words and pictures co-mingled.
(c) Words and pictures stayed separate.
(d) Words always appeared larger.

5. Who observed that a non-visual awareness occurs when people interact with inanimate objects?
(a) Osamu Tezuka
(b) Jack Kirby
(c) Herge
(d) Marshall McLuhan

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the time after the printing press, which art form was obsessed with resemblance, light and color?

3. What type of magazine kept comics alive before the 20th century?

4. Widening the shape of a panel can affect the _______ of time.

5. The author believes that comics is an art form similar to which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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