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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. 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) A picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing
(c) Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea
(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

2. What type of magazine kept comics alive before the 20th century?
(a) French art
(b) German cartoon
(c) American writing
(d) British caricature

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

4. Which of the following is true?
(a) Animation is sequential in time; comics are spatially juxtaposed.
(b) Animation is spatially juxtaposed; comics are spatially juxtaposed.
(c) Animation is sequential in time; comics are sequential in time.
(d) Animation is spatially juxtaposed; comics are sequential in time.

5. Who was the first artist to present specific motions in a panel-to-panel form?
(a) Topffer
(b) Herge
(c) Tezuka
(d) Duchamp

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following icons has a fixed and absolute meaning?

2. Which of the following artists uses more transitions than normal?

3. Who is the author of the book?

4. What is an example of comics that is not referred to as comics?

5. How long is the tapestry detailing the Norman Conquest of England?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is a single image equivalent to a single instant in time?

2. Is Scott McCloud the ultimate authority of comics?

3. According to McCloud, why is closure important?

4. Describe the author's first impressions of comics as a child.

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

6. How is the Egyptian painting referenced in the book considered a comic?

7. How do words introduce time into a single frame?

8. Does McCloud think single panels should be considered comic art?

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

10. According to McCloud, are comics a hybrid of graphic arts and prose fiction?

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