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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does McCloud call the "ultimate abstraction?"
(a) Movies
(b) Words
(c) Ideas
(d) Pictographs
2. What transition features a single subject in distinct progressions?
(a) Subject-to-subject
(b) Aspect-to-aspect
(c) Action-to-action
(d) Moment-to-moment
3. Who is the 44th comic artist listed in the triangle?
(a) Gilbert Hernandez
(b) Craig Russell
(c) Lynda Barry
(d) Mary Fleener
4. 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; distrustful
(b) whole; fragmented
(c) incomplete; stable
(d) incomplete; whole
5. Who was the first artist to present specific motions in a panel-to-panel form?
(a) Topffer
(b) Tezuka
(c) Herge
(d) Duchamp
6. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?
(a) A form of amplification through simplification
(b) A form of compression through complication
(c) A form of amplification through complication
(d) A form of compression through simplification
7. Who painted "The Treachery of Images?"
(a) Sergio Aragones
(b) Kurtzman
(c) Jack Kirby
(d) Magritte
8. Comics relay on _____ sense(s) to convey a world of experience.
(a) three
(b) five
(c) one
(d) six
9. The author describes comics as a ______, or a medium which "can hold any number of ideas and images."
(a) vessel
(b) cartoon
(c) message
(d) content
10. Japanese comics artists also drew more realistic characters to emphasize __________________________.
(a) the strokes
(b) their "otherness" from the reader
(c) the artist's range and skill
(d) the character's relatability
11. In comics, words represent that which can only exist in time, _______.
(a) action
(b) movement
(c) sound
(d) smell
12. Who observed that a non-visual awareness occurs when people interact with inanimate objects?
(a) Herge
(b) Marshall McLuhan
(c) Osamu Tezuka
(d) Jack Kirby
13. Who first observed that people growing up in the late 20th century wanted roles more than goals?
(a) Sergio Argonnes
(b) McLuhan
(c) Stan Lee
(d) Dave McKean
14. Which comic artist introduced the storytelling techniques used in most mainstream comics?
(a) Mary Fleener
(b) Charles Schultz
(c) Jack Kirby
(d) Stan Lee
15. What object is painted in "The Treachery of Images?"
(a) A pipe
(b) A spoon
(c) A flute
(d) A drum
Short Answer Questions
1. Herge's Tintin was characterized by very iconic characters with unusually realistic backgrounds. This style is called _______.
2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?
3. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?
4. What invention had a significant effect on comics?
5. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Herges' style is typically comprised of __________________.
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