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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. Flat color can make shapes, figures and backgrounds more ________.

2. What fruit is used to illustrate the path of creating art?

3. What combination has both words and pictures that send the same message?

4. Which of the following artists was NOT known for a more subjective palette?

5. The pursuit of truth can be seen as the foundation of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is synaesthetics?

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

3. How can backgrounds indicate invisible ideas such as emotions?

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

5. Describe the origin of words.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Art can be thought of as any human activity that doesn't grow out of either basic instinct of survival and reproduction. How do you define art? According to this definition, what are examples of what is and isn't art?

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 notes that "We see ourselves in everything. We assign identities and emotions where none exist. And we make the world over in our image." Personification is a literary device that demonstrates McCloud's statement. Think of a time where you personified an inanimate object or abstract notion. What was it? What human attributes did you give to it?

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