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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 artist incorporated neurotic quill-lines into his/her work?
(a) R. Crumb
(b) Carl Bark
(c) Krystine Kryttre
(d) Chester Gould

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

3. Which of the following is true, according to historical evidence?
(a) Written word predate spoken word.
(b) Pictures predate written word.
(c) Pictures and spoken word developed simultaneously.
(d) Written word predates pictures.

4. The four color process on better paper created what kind of results?
(a) Confusing
(b) Stunning
(c) Garish
(d) Neutral

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The mixing of words and pictures is more _______ than _______.

2. Whose work often evoked a world of depravity and morbid decay through dense puddles of ink and fraying linework?

3. Which of the following is NOT an additive primary?

4. What combination has words that amplify or elaborate on an image, or vice versa?

5. What did Eisner call a desperation device?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened after the birth of Expressionism?

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

3. How can a word balloon vary?

4. What are the disadvantages of color in comics?

5. What problem results from people believing that comics is a new form of media?

6. What is an advantage of combining words and pictures together, as in comics?

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

8. How does McCloud feel about color and comics?

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

10. Why was the four-color process created?

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