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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What transition stays within a scene or idea and requires more closure from the reader in order to find the transition meaningful?

2. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?

3. What is a powerful force that happens between the panels that allows viewers to use their imagination?

4. What invention had a significant effect on comics?

5. Who was the woodcut artist known for his silent "Woodcut Novels" of fables?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Japanese comics physically differ from Western comics?

2. How could an artist lengthen a pause in the conversation between two characters?

3. How is the screenfold of 8-Deer "Tiger's Claw" considered a comic?

4. Why does the author introduce the Margritte painting, "The Treachery of Images"?

5. In the panel with the basketball players, how could you add words while depicting one single moment?

6. Does McCloud think that non-sequitur transitions are possible?

7. Is a single image equivalent to a single instant in time?

8. What is the difference between the art form ("medium") and the content?

9. What are different ways to portray motion within panels?

10. According to McCloud, why is closure important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The invention of printing played a significant role in the history and the world of comics (and the written word). Think of another invention that had a significant impact. What were the effects? Did it solve a problem or enable further development? Where would we be without the invention? Be specific and select a physical invention - do not use "technology" or other broad concepts.

Essay Topic 2

Art can be thought of as any human activity that doesn't grow out of either basic instinct of survival and reproduction. Do you think this is a good definition of art? Can you think of how art could be motivated by survival or reproduction?

Essay Topic 3

Paul Klee, a painter, teacher and cartoonist noted that, "Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible." What does he mean by this. Is he right? Present your case.

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