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

2. Which is true of most written languages?
(a) They represent sound only and lose resemblance to the visible world.
(b) They sound how they look.
(c) They are not abstract.
(d) They bear traces of their ancient pictorial heritage (e.g. Chinese).

3. Who drew Dick Tracy?
(a) R. Crumb
(b) Carl Bark
(c) Krystine Kryttre
(d) Chester Gould

4. Comics printing was superior on which continent?
(a) Asia
(b) North America
(c) Africa
(d) Europe

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which artist incorporated neurotic quill-lines into his/her work?

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

3. Which of the following is not a benefit from non-basic human activities such as art?

4. Which of the following is NOT listed as a flat-color master?

5. What step determines whether the art will be a book, a sculpture or a song?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the origin of words.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is synaesthetics?

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

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

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