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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. 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?
(a) Ecological fallacy
(b) Confirmation bias
(c) Self-fulfilling prophecy
(d) Learned helplessness

2. The order and emphasis of which two steps demonstrates the most dramatic difference?
(a) Form and idea/purpose
(b) Idiom and Form
(c) Form and structure
(d) Idiom and idea/purpose

3. What Scottish physicist isolated the three additive primaries?
(a) Sir James Clerk
(b) Louis Ducos Du Hauron
(c) Alexander Graham Bell
(d) Lord Kelvin

4. What fruit is used to illustrate the path of creating art?
(a) Apple
(b) Orange
(c) Banana
(d) Peach

5. What combination has both words and pictures that send the same message?
(a) Duo-specific
(b) Picture-specific
(c) Montage
(d) Word-specific

Short Answer Questions

1. Aside from the central figure in an image, where else can emotion be depicted?

2. What aspect of comics has been especially sensitive to changes in technology?

3. The four color process on better paper created what kind of results?

4. After impressionism, art experienced a shift away from _______ and toward _______.

5. What is the most common type of combination where words and pictures go hand in hand to convey an idea that neither could convey alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the typical artist who finds idea/purpose after creating art.

2. Describe the difference between the additive primaries and the subtractive primaries.

3. What was one result of the color printing used for superheroes?

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

5. How can words and pictures together create a more meaningful message than each individually?

6. Describe the origin of words.

7. Does the six-step path need to be completed in a specific order?

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

9. Why was the four-color process created?

10. What are the disadvantages of color in comics?

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