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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What additional early examples of comics does the author mention but NOT cover?
(a) Greek painting
(b) Trajan's column
(c) Japanese scrolls
(d) All of the above

2. What object is painted in "The Treachery of Images?"
(a) A spoon
(b) A pipe
(c) A drum
(d) A flute

3. McCloud notes that we perceive the world as ______ through the experience of our senses, even though our senses can only reveal a _______ world.
(a) incomplete; whole
(b) whole; fragmented
(c) whole; distrustful
(d) incomplete; stable

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.
(a) abstract
(b) realistic
(c) non-existent
(d) simplified

5. Due to the negative connotation of the word "comics," many comics artists have preferred to be known as ________________________.
(a) Commercial artists
(b) Cartoonists
(c) Illustrators
(d) All of the above

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

7. Japanese comics artists also drew more realistic characters to emphasize __________________________.
(a) the character's relatability
(b) the strokes
(c) their "otherness" from the reader
(d) the artist's range and skill

8. Within a comic storyline, what is the amount of time that passes from one panel to the next?
(a) One minute
(b) One day
(c) Varies
(d) One second

9. Who is the 44th comic artist listed in the triangle?
(a) Mary Fleener
(b) Gilbert Hernandez
(c) Lynda Barry
(d) Craig Russell

10. Comic panels break up which of the following?
(a) Time and sound
(b) Sound and movement
(c) Time and space
(d) Space and consistency

11. Which of the following icons are fluid and variable in how realistic they are?
(a) Pictorial
(b) Non-pictorial
(c) Idols
(d) Saints

12. What is the most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?
(a) Action-to-action
(b) Scene-to-scene
(c) Subject-to-subject
(d) Moment-to-moment

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

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

15. Which of the following is NOT an American comic artist that uses the style of creating one set of lines to see and another to be?
(a) Dave Sim and Derhard
(b) Carl Barks
(c) Jaime Hernandez
(d) Tom King

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre cannot exist in comics?

2. What is another word for motion lines?

3. The author likens the representation of Egyptian hieroglyphics to which of the following?

4. What was the name of Max Ernst's surreal plate sequence?

5. Who painted "The Treachery of Images?"

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