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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What panel-to-panel transition requires the least amount of closure?
(a) Non-sequitur
(b) Action-to-action
(c) Aspect-to-aspect
(d) Moment-to-moment

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

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

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

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

7. The author believes that comics is an art form similar to which of the following?
(a) Written word
(b) Theatre
(c) Music
(d) All of the above

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

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

10. What is a powerful force that happens between the panels that allows viewers to use their imagination?
(a) Participation
(b) Drive
(c) Education
(d) Endurance

11. What transition features a single subject in distinct progressions?
(a) Moment-to-moment
(b) Aspect-to-aspect
(c) Action-to-action
(d) Subject-to-subject

12. What determines the duration of time and dimensions of space in a panel?
(a) The contents
(b) The size
(c) The sequence
(d) The shape

13. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?
(a) One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol
(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) Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea
(d) A picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing

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

15. Widening the shape of a panel can affect the _______ of time.
(a) romanticization
(b) depiction
(c) perception
(d) characterization

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Each panel of a comic shows a ______________________.

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

4. Who is the 44th comic artist listed in the triangle?

5. When and where did the author think comics originated?

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