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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 way to vary word balloons?

2. Pictures and words should have what kind of relationship?

3. Which of the following is NOT an additive primary?

4. What step constructs the work by applying skills, practical knowledge, invention, and problem-solving?

5. What did Eisner call a desperation device?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In panels rich with images, why would an artist add words?

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

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

5. How can words and pictures together create a more meaningful message than each individually?

6. Why do people think words and pictures together is more simplistic than either art individually?

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

8. How can a word balloon vary?

9. How can an artist depict emotion in a comic?

10. How does McCloud feel about color and comics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

McCloud explains how you introduce time in comics by way of the depiction of time and the perception of time. Compare and contrast the two strategies. Does a preponderance of one or the other affect the end outcome?

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

The author notes that comics are not the hybrid of graphics and words. What do you think of this statement? Are comics their own entity? Or do they tend to fall into one category more than the other? Explain your answer

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