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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Putting It All Together.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which artist incorporated neurotic quill-lines into his/her work?
(a) R. Crumb
(b) Carl Bark
(c) Chester Gould
(d) Krystine Kryttre

2. 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 will like the story.
(d) They have read previous stories in the series.

3. What does McCloud call the "ultimate abstraction?"
(a) Pictographs
(b) Words
(c) Movies
(d) Ideas

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

5. The bold lines, obtuse angles and heavy blacks in Dick Tracy were meant to suggest a _________ of adults.
(a) bleak, neutral attitude
(b) profitable, kind attitude
(c) grim, deadly attitude
(d) optimistic, dramatic attitude

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes comics as a ______, or a medium which "can hold any number of ideas and images."

2. Words and pictures have historically been thought of as base or simplistic. As a result of this mindset, current works of words and pictures have been base and simplistic. This is an example of what psychological phenomenon?

3. Which of the following activity does not grow out of basic human instincts?

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true about comics?

5. Which of the following is true?

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