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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-buttons
(b) Swoosh signs
(c) Curlicues
(d) Zip-ribbons
2. Which of the following is true?
(a) Animation is sequential in time; comics are spatially juxtaposed.
(b) Animation is sequential in time; comics are sequential in time.
(c) Animation is spatially juxtaposed; comics are spatially juxtaposed.
(d) Animation is spatially juxtaposed; comics are sequential in time.
3. How long is the screenfold of 8-Deer "Tiger's-Claw" that was discovered by Cortes around 1519?
(a) 36 meters
(b) 36 foot
(c) 36 yards
(d) 36 inches
4. Comic readers are conditioned by real life and other media to expect a _______ progression in comics.
(a) indirect
(b) exponential
(c) linear
(d) logarithmic
5. What invention had a significant effect on comics?
(a) Colored ink
(b) Printing
(c) Recycled paper
(d) Ballpoint pens
6. What transition offers no logical relationship between panels?
(a) Action-to-action
(b) Non-sequitur
(c) Scene-to-scene
(d) Subject-to-subject
7. What object is painted in "The Treachery of Images?"
(a) A flute
(b) A pipe
(c) A drum
(d) A spoon
8. Most Japanese comics first appear published in __________________.
(a) manga magazines
(b) enormous anthology titles
(c) thin publications
(d) parts
9. What determines the duration of time and dimensions of space in a panel?
(a) The sequence
(b) The size
(c) The shape
(d) The contents
10. Due to the negative connotation of the word "comics," many comics artists have preferred to be known as ________________________.
(a) Cartoonists
(b) All of the above
(c) Illustrators
(d) Commercial artists
11. The art of comics is as _______ as it is ________.
(a) divisive; multiplicative
(b) humorous; generous
(c) subtractive; additive
(d) meaningless; abstract
12. 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) panels
(b) comics
(c) gutters
(d) cartoons
13. When reading comics, how many senses are used between panels?
(a) Five
(b) One
(c) Four
(d) Zero
14. Besides sound, which of the following can represent a span of time in a single panel ?
(a) Borderless panels
(b) Silent captions
(c) Motion lines
(d) Wider gutters
15. Who painted "The Treachery of Images?"
(a) Kurtzman
(b) Magritte
(c) Sergio Aragones
(d) Jack Kirby
Short Answer Questions
1. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Mary Fleener's style is NOT typically comprised of ________.
2. Who does the author say is the father of modern comics?
3. Which country's artists widely adopted photographic trickery such as blurring and streaking soon after its inception?
4. McCloud notes that we perceive the world as ______ through the experience of our senses, even though our senses can only reveal a _______ world.
5. Visual iconography is to vocabulary as closure is to _______________.
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