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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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; stable
(b) whole; distrustful
(c) incomplete; whole
(d) whole; fragmented

2. Who does the author say is the father of modern comics?
(a) Stan Lee
(b) Scott McCloud
(c) Rudolphe Töpffer
(d) Will Eisner

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

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

5. This effect of contrasting characters and backgrounds is used by which of the following?
(a) All of the following
(b) Jacques Tardi
(c) Tintin
(d) Disney

Short Answer Questions

1. What is typically the second most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?

2. Besides sound, which of the following can represent a span of time in a single panel ?

3. What does McCloud call the "ultimate abstraction?"

4. The art of comics is as _______ as it is ________.

5. Within a comic storyline, what is the amount of time that passes from one panel to the next?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to McCloud, everything that people experience in life can be separated into which two realms?

2. What is the difference between closure of electronic media and closure in comics?

3. What is the difference between the art form ("medium") and the content?

4. Give examples of the three different types of icons.

5. Why is "juxtaposed static images in deliberate sequence" not a thorough definition of comics?

6. How can an artist depict time in comics?

7. Describe what cartooning style is.

8. For what do Japanese mainstream comics use aspect-to-aspect transitions?

9. What is McCloud's explanation for why the human mind has little difficulty converting shapes and images into faces?

10. How are faces and figures typically drawn in comics? What about backgrounds and landscapes?

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