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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 is not one of the vertices of the triangular pictorial vocabulary?
(a) Picture Plane
(b) Language
(c) Reality
(d) Map
2. Who is the 44th comic artist listed in the triangle?
(a) Gilbert Hernandez
(b) Craig Russell
(c) Lynda Barry
(d) Mary Fleener
3. Japanese comics artists also drew more realistic characters to emphasize __________________________.
(a) their "otherness" from the reader
(b) the character's relatability
(c) the artist's range and skill
(d) the strokes
4. 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) incomplete; whole
(c) whole; distrustful
(d) whole; fragmented
5. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Mary Fleener's style is NOT typically comprised of ________.
(a) reality
(b) language
(c) non-iconic content
(d) iconic content
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?
2. What object is painted in "The Treachery of Images?"
3. Who created "A Harlot's Progress," published in 1731?
4. Comics relay on _____ sense(s) to convey a world of experience.
5. Which of the following artists uses more transitions than normal?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the panel with the basketball players, how could you add words while depicting one single moment?
2. What is McCloud's explanation for why the human mind has little difficulty converting shapes and images into faces?
3. Is a single image equivalent to a single instant in time?
4. How is the Egyptian painting referenced in the book considered a comic?
5. How are faces and figures typically drawn in comics? What about backgrounds and landscapes?
6. What is the difference between closure of electronic media and closure in comics?
7. For what do Japanese mainstream comics use aspect-to-aspect transitions?
8. What is the difference between the art form ("medium") and the content?
9. Is there a difference between an animated movie and comics?
10. Give examples of the three different types of icons.
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