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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) Ballpoint pens
(b) Printing
(c) Recycled paper
(d) Colored ink

2. The art of comics is as _______ as it is ________.
(a) divisive; multiplicative
(b) subtractive; additive
(c) humorous; generous
(d) meaningless; abstract

3. What were innovative characteristics of Rudolphe Töpffer's work?
(a) Panel borders
(b) Interdependent combination of words and pictures
(c) All of the above
(d) Cartooning

4. Comics relay on _____ sense(s) to convey a world of experience.
(a) six
(b) five
(c) three
(d) one

5. What does McCloud call the "ultimate abstraction?"
(a) Words
(b) Pictographs
(c) Ideas
(d) Movies

Short Answer Questions

1. What panel-to-panel transition requires the least amount of closure?

2. What is the space between comic panels called?

3. Who painted "The Treachery of Images?"

4. When does the author begin practicing to be a comics artist?

5. Panel shapes affect which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are different ways to portray motion within panels?

2. How can an artist depict time in comics?

3. How do people commit closure in electronic media such as a a film?

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

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

6. How could an artist lengthen a pause in the conversation between two characters?

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

8. Is there a difference between an animated movie and comics?

9. Does McCloud think that non-sequitur transitions are possible?

10. How do Japanese comics physically differ from Western comics?

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