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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another word for motion lines?
(a) Zip-ribbons
(b) Swoosh signs
(c) Curlicues
(d) Zip-buttons

2. When reading comics, how many senses are used between panels?
(a) One
(b) Five
(c) Four
(d) Zero

3. In comics, words represent that which can only exist in time, _______.
(a) sound
(b) action
(c) movement
(d) smell

4. What transition stays within a scene or idea and requires more closure from the reader in order to find the transition meaningful?
(a) Subject-to-subject
(b) Non-sequitur
(c) Action-to-action
(d) Scene-to-scene

5. The author likens the representation of Egyptian hieroglyphics to which of the following?
(a) Sounds
(b) Numbers
(c) Words
(d) Comics

6. What is not one of the vertices of the triangular pictorial vocabulary?
(a) Language
(b) Picture Plane
(c) Map
(d) Reality

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

8. How long is the screenfold of 8-Deer "Tiger's-Claw" that was discovered by Cortes around 1519?
(a) 36 inches
(b) 36 foot
(c) 36 meters
(d) 36 yards

9. What invention had a significant effect on comics?
(a) Recycled paper
(b) Printing
(c) Colored ink
(d) Ballpoint pens

10. Which is an example of our ability to extend our identities into inanimate objects?
(a) Glass
(b) Crutches
(c) All of the above
(d) Utensils

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

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

13. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Mary Fleener's style is NOT typically comprised of ________.
(a) language
(b) reality
(c) iconic content
(d) non-iconic content

14. Herge's Tintin was characterized by very iconic characters with unusually realistic backgrounds. This style is called _______.
(a) bold-brushed
(b) clear-line
(c) inked
(d) paneled

15. What transition bypasses time and sets a wandering eye on different aspects of the same place, idea or mood?
(a) Moment-to-moment
(b) Scene-to-scene
(c) Aspect-to-aspect
(d) Action-to-action

Short Answer Questions

1. Which artist was the first to depict motion by using a single line?

2. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?

3. What does McCloud name the two bastions of cartoon art?

4. Because artists don't expect audiences to identify with backgrounds such as brick walls or landscapes, backgrounds tend to be more ______ than the story's characters.

5. What transition offers no logical relationship between panels?

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