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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. Which of the following is NOT a way to vary word balloons?
(a) Shape
(b) All of the above
(c) Content
(d) Lettering style

2. Which of the following is NOT a form of self-expression and communication?
(a) Comics
(b) Marionettes
(c) Photography
(d) None of these

3. Which of the following is NOT an additive primary?
(a) Green
(b) Yellow
(c) Red
(d) Blue

4. In what year were the three additive primaries isolated?
(a) 1776
(b) 1612
(c) 1945
(d) 1861

5. Which of the following is not a benefit from non-basic human activities such as art?
(a) Provides emotional outlets
(b) All of these
(c) Leads to useful discoveries
(d) Provides exercise for minds and bodies

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activity does not grow out of basic human instincts?

2. Words and pictures have historically been thought of as base or simplistic. As a result of this mindset, current works of words and pictures have been base and simplistic. This is an example of what psychological phenomenon?

3. What is the most widely-used, most complex, and most versatile synaesthetic icon?

4. What is the core of a work of art?

5. What fruit is used to illustrate the path of creating art?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can backgrounds indicate invisible ideas such as emotions?

2. What three aspects of art benefit humans from an evolutionary standpoint?

3. How can a word balloon vary?

4. In Chapter 7, how does McCloud see, or define, art?

5. Describe the origin of words.

6. What happened after the birth of Expressionism?

7. What happened to comics after the invention of printing?

8. What is synaesthetics?

9. How can an artist depict emotion in a comic?

10. What are the disadvantages of color in comics?

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