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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. What transition offers no logical relationship between panels?
(a) Non-sequitur
(b) Scene-to-scene
(c) Subject-to-subject
(d) Action-to-action

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

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

4. What does McCloud name the two bastions of cartoon art?
(a) Superhero and children's comics
(b) Underground and erotica comics
(c) Underground and children's comics
(d) Erotica and drama comics

5. Who was the woodcut artist known for his silent "Woodcut Novels" of fables?
(a) Frans Masereel
(b) William Hogarth
(c) Lynd Ward
(d) Max Ernst

Short Answer Questions

1. What determines the duration of time and dimensions of space in a panel?

2. Which is true of most written languages?

3. Visual iconography is to vocabulary as closure is to _______________.

4. Most Japanese comics first appear published in __________________.

5. Which of the following artists uses more transitions than normal?

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