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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. What step is the genre or school of art to which the work belongs?
(a) Idiom
(b) Craft
(c) Idea/Purpose
(d) Structure

2. In a panel with a lot of action, such as the one on page 95, each figure is arranged sequentially and the audience will read them left to right. This could be argued as fitting the definition of _______.
(a) cartoons
(b) gutters
(c) panels
(d) comics

3. McCloud notes that we perceive the world as ______ through the experience of our senses, even though our senses can only reveal a _______ world.
(a) whole; fragmented
(b) incomplete; stable
(c) whole; distrustful
(d) incomplete; whole

4. Who is the author of the book?
(a) Will Eisner
(b) Scott McCloud
(c) Rudolphe Töpffer
(d) Stan Lee

5. The masters of flat-color comics are also masters of what?
(a) Purpose and surface
(b) Idiom and meaning
(c) Form and composition
(d) Shading and structure

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following point in time of the panel is represented by where your eyes are focused?

2. What aspect do comics and written word share?

3. Due to the negative connotation of the word "comics," many comics artists have preferred to be known as ________________________.

4. What invention had a significant effect on comics?

5. Who observed that a non-visual awareness occurs when people interact with inanimate objects?

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