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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Six Steps.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an assumption that comics artists make about the reader?
(a) They will like the story.
(b) They read the comics in one sitting.
(c) They read the panels in correct order.
(d) They have read previous stories in the series.

2. When reading comics, how many senses are used between panels?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) One
(d) Zero

3. McCloud notes that we perceive the world as ______ through the experience of our senses, even though our senses can only reveal a _______ world.
(a) whole; fragmented
(b) incomplete; stable
(c) whole; distrustful
(d) incomplete; whole

4. What is the phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole?
(a) Fragmentation
(b) Dementia
(c) Gestalt
(d) Closure

5. Aside from the central figure in an image, where else can emotion be depicted?
(a) Background
(b) Gutters
(c) Foreground
(d) Silent caption

Short Answer Questions

1. Visual iconography is to vocabulary as closure is to _______________.

2. Who was the creator of Uncle $crooge?

3. What step finishes the first superficial exposure to the work?

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

5. When readers discover comics for the first time, comics act as as an ___________ between storyteller and audience.

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