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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. Widening the shape of a panel can affect the _______ of time.

2. Which of the following is true?

3. In comics, words represent that which can only exist in time, _______.

4. What transition requires deductive reasoning and transports the reader across significant distances of time and space?

5. What is the phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is McCloud's notion of the Picture Plane?

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

4. How do people commit closure in electronic media such as a a film?

5. What is a Japanese technique usied in cartooning?

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

7. According to McCloud, why is closure important?

8. According to McCloud, everything that people experience in life can be separated into which two realms?

9. Describe what cartooning style is.

10. How are faces and figures typically drawn in comics? What about backgrounds and landscapes?

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

In your own words, answer Scott McCloud's question, "Why should we try so hard to understand comics?"

Essay Topic 3

McCloud says that with comics, if all you see is ink and paper, what you see is seldom what you get. Instead he notes that, "In the end, what you get is what you give." What does he mean by this statement? Can you see this concept applying to other situations outside of comics?

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