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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 step constructs the work by applying skills, practical knowledge, invention, and problem-solving?
(a) Form
(b) Structure
(c) Craft
(d) Idiom

2. The combination of printed art and literature has traditionally been thought of as a style for which audience?
(a) Elders
(b) Adults
(c) Adolescents
(d) Children

3. The mixing of words and pictures is more _______ than _______.
(a) alchemy; science
(b) psychology; science
(c) mathematics; alchemy
(d) mathematics; psychology

4. In the time after printing was invented, when words and pictures appeared together, how were they combined?
(a) Words and pictures stayed separate.
(b) Words always appeared larger.
(c) Pictures always appeared larger.
(d) Words and pictures co-mingled.

5. Which color is NOT a subtractive primary?
(a) Black
(b) Magenta
(c) Cyan
(d) Yellow

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose uneven lines pantomimed the inner struggles of modern life?

2. The pursuit of truth can be seen as the foundation of which of the following?

3. Who drew Dick Tracy?

4. Each new medium begins by imitating its _______.

5. Which of the following creators is often regarded as a pioneer or revolutionary whose art became the purpose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is synaesthetics?

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

3. Why do people think words and pictures together is more simplistic than either art individually?

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

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

6. Describe the typical artist who starts with an idea/purpose and then creates art.

7. Describe the process of creating art using the six-step path.

8. What happened after the birth of Expressionism?

9. What are the disadvantages of color in comics?

10. In panels rich with images, why would an artist add words?

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