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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an example of possible primitive art?
(a) Beating a pair of stones together
(b) Running from a sabertooth tiger
(c) Drawing lines in the dirt with a stick
(d) Kicking and moving arms

2. Which of the following is NOT listed as a flat-color master?
(a) Masereel
(b) Barks
(c) Cole
(d) McCay

3. Whose uneven lines pantomimed the inner struggles of modern life?
(a) Jose Munoz
(b) Jules Feiffer
(c) Spiegelman
(d) Kirby

4. Which of the following is NOT a form of self-expression and communication?
(a) Marionettes
(b) None of these
(c) Photography
(d) Comics

5. What Scottish physicist isolated the three additive primaries?
(a) Lord Kelvin
(b) Sir James Clerk
(c) Alexander Graham Bell
(d) Louis Ducos Du Hauron

6. Comics printing was superior on which continent?
(a) Europe
(b) North America
(c) Africa
(d) Asia

7. Pictures and words should have what kind of relationship?
(a) Domineering
(b) Partnership
(c) Subversive
(d) Unequal

8. What combination has words that amplify or elaborate on an image, or vice versa?
(a) Additive
(b) Montage
(c) Duo-specific
(d) Inter-dependent

9. Who was the creator of Uncle $crooge?
(a) Krystine Kryttre
(b) Chester Gould
(c) Carl Park
(d) R. Crumb

10. What did Eisner call a desperation device?
(a) Aspect-to-aspect
(b) Sound effects
(c) Word balloon
(d) Motion line

11. What combination has words add a soundtrack to a largely complete picture?
(a) Word-specific
(b) Picture-specific
(c) Duo-specific
(d) Parallel

12. What is the most common type of combination where words and pictures go hand in hand to convey an idea that neither could convey alone?
(a) Duo-specific
(b) Parallel
(c) Additive
(d) Inter-dependent

13. Aside from the central figure in an image, where else can emotion be depicted?
(a) Gutters
(b) Background
(c) Foreground
(d) Silent caption

14. One property of flat colors is a tendency to emphasize the _____ of animate and inanimate objects
(a) shape
(b) size
(c) action
(d) purpose

15. In the time after printing was invented, when words and pictures appeared together, how were they combined?
(a) Words and pictures co-mingled.
(b) Words and pictures stayed separate.
(c) Pictures always appeared larger.
(d) Words always appeared larger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose artwork incorporated mad lines to create crazy toddler?

2. Flat color can make shapes, figures and backgrounds more ________.

3. The order and emphasis of which two steps demonstrates the most dramatic difference?

4. Which of the following activity does not grow out of basic human instincts?

5. What color technique can be used to add depth?

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