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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which artist started the trend to incorporate photographic streaking to depict motion?
(a) Gene Mager
(b) Gene Colan
(c) Jack Kirby
(d) Bill Everett

2. What were innovative characteristics of Rudolphe Töpffer's work?
(a) All of the above
(b) Cartooning
(c) Panel borders
(d) Interdependent combination of words and pictures

3. Which artist was the first to depict motion by using a single line?
(a) Duchamp
(b) Herge
(c) Topffer
(d) Tezuka

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

5. Who first observed that people growing up in the late 20th century wanted roles more than goals?
(a) Dave McKean
(b) McLuhan
(c) Sergio Argonnes
(d) Stan Lee

6. Who observed that a non-visual awareness occurs when people interact with inanimate objects?
(a) Jack Kirby
(b) Osamu Tezuka
(c) Herge
(d) Marshall McLuhan

7. Which pair of words does not relate to each other, in terms of comic style?
(a) Complex; simple
(b) Famous; anonymous
(c) Realistic; iconic
(d) Objective; subjective

8. Which of the following icons has a fixed and absolute meaning?
(a) Saints
(b) Pictorial
(c) Idols
(d) Non-pictorial

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

10. The author describes comics as a ______, or a medium which "can hold any number of ideas and images."
(a) message
(b) cartoon
(c) content
(d) vessel

11. Who was the first artist to present specific motions in a panel-to-panel form?
(a) Topffer
(b) Tezuka
(c) Duchamp
(d) Herge

12. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?
(a) A picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing
(b) A representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred
(c) One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol
(d) Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea

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

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

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What transition bypasses time and sets a wandering eye on different aspects of the same place, idea or mood?

2. What determines the duration of time and dimensions of space in a panel?

3. Which of the following icons are fluid and variable in how realistic they are?

4. What was the title of the sequel to "A Harlot's Progress?"

5. What is an example of comics that is not referred to as comics?

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