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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. Which style of painting was an honest expression of the internal turmoil of artists?

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

3. Which of the following activity does not grow out of basic human instincts?

4. The creation of work in any medium will follow a certain path containing how many steps?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the difference between the additive primaries and the subtractive primaries.

2. What is synaesthetics?

3. How can a word balloon vary?

4. What are the advantages of color in comics?

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

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

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

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

9. What was one result of the color printing used for superheroes?

10. What happened after the birth of Expressionism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

McCloud writes that when he was a child, he believed that the world ceased to exist unless he was present. As he grew older, he began filling in gaps with assumptions in order to get closure. What are strategies and evidence we use to convince ourselves of the existence of things we have not experienced first hand? To test these definitions, consider whether they would stand up to the question of whether extraterrestrial life exists.

Essay Topic 2

Many symbols are used in comics to convey the invisible, such as emotions and feelings. What is required for the creation of a symbol, such as wavy lines representing smell? What is required for this symbol to be sustained over time?

Essay Topic 3

Eastern and Western approaches to art differ. In graphic arts, for example, Western art often focuses attention to foreground objects only while Eastern art emphasizes both the foreground and the background of negative space. Argue the merits of shortcomings of each approach.

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