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

2. What step puts it all together - edits the work for content, arrangement and composition?

3. After impressionism, art experienced a shift away from _______ and toward _______.

4. The bold lines, obtuse angles and heavy blacks in Dick Tracy were meant to suggest a _________ of adults.

5. Which is true of most written languages?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does McCloud feel about color and comics?

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

3. Describe the process of creating art using the six-step path.

4. What happened after the birth of Expressionism?

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

6. Describe the origin of words.

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

8. How can a word balloon vary?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

McCloud notes that in Eastern art, elements omitted from a work of art are just as important was the work that has been explicitly included. Do you think that missing elements, such as negative space in an image, or silence in a melody, are an important part of art? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

McCloud argues children are fascinated by the simplicity and universal identification of cartoons and that these characteristics allow the viewer to step inside the cartoon universe. Do you agree that by simplifying the drawing style, one allows the viewer to see the message more clearly? Explain your perspective using examples.

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