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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. The pursuit of truth can be seen as the foundation of which of the following?
(a) Philosophy
(b) Language
(c) All of these
(d) Science

2. What is typically the second most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?
(a) Moment-to-moment
(b) Scene-to-scene
(c) Action-to-action
(d) Subject-to-subject

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

4. Who created "A Harlot's Progress," published in 1731?
(a) Lynd Ward
(b) William Hogarth
(c) Max Ernst
(d) Frans Masereel

5. Which of the following creators is often regarded as a storyteller who says something through comics and controlling their medium?
(a) All of these
(b) Schulz
(c) Herge
(d) Barks

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true, according to historical evidence?

2. What is not one of the vertices of the triangular pictorial vocabulary?

3. Who is the author of the book?

4. Which style of painting was an honest expression of the internal turmoil of artists?

5. Who does the author say is the father of modern comics?

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