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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. What invention had a significant effect on comics?
(a) Recycled paper
(b) Printing
(c) Ballpoint pens
(d) Colored ink
2. What does McCloud name the two bastions of cartoon art?
(a) Underground and erotica comics
(b) Erotica and drama comics
(c) Superhero and children's comics
(d) Underground and children's comics
3. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?
(a) One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol
(b) Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea
(c) A picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing
(d) A representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred
4. Herge's Tintin was characterized by very iconic characters with unusually realistic backgrounds. This style is called _______.
(a) clear-line
(b) paneled
(c) inked
(d) bold-brushed
5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?
(a) Juxtaposed pictorial and other images
(b) Intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer
(c) In deliberate sequence
(d) Animation
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. Who created "A Harlot's Progress," published in 1731?
3. Who is the 44th comic artist listed in the triangle?
4. How long is the screenfold of 8-Deer "Tiger's-Claw" that was discovered by Cortes around 1519?
5. Which of the following point in time of the panel is represented by where your eyes are focused?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the panel with the basketball players, how could you add words while depicting one single moment?
2. How do words introduce time into a single frame?
3. According to McCloud, are comics a hybrid of graphic arts and prose fiction?
4. What are the three most popular transitions in mainstream Western comics and why?
5. How is the Egyptian painting referenced in the book considered a comic?
6. What are different ways to portray motion within panels?
7. Why is "juxtaposed static images in deliberate sequence" not a thorough definition of comics?
8. What is McCloud's explanation for why the human mind has little difficulty converting shapes and images into faces?
9. How can an artist depict time in comics?
10. Is Scott McCloud the ultimate authority of comics?
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