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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, A Word about Color.

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

3. Which of the following artists uses more transitions than normal?
(a) G. Hernandez
(b) Jack Kirby
(c) Spiegelman
(d) Osamu Tezuka

4. Which of the following is an assumption that comics artists make about the reader?
(a) They read the comics in one sitting.
(b) They read the panels in correct order.
(c) They have read previous stories in the series.
(d) They will like the story.

5. Which of the following artists was NOT known for a more subjective palette?
(a) Caza
(b) Herges
(c) Clavelous
(d) Moebius

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the creator of Uncle $crooge?

2. What did Eisner call a desperation device?

3. What color technique can be used to add depth?

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

5. When reading comics, how many senses are used between panels?

(see the answer key)

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