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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Living in Line.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What transition offers no logical relationship between panels?
(a) Action-to-action
(b) Scene-to-scene
(c) Non-sequitur
(d) Subject-to-subject

2. The art of comics is as _______ as it is ________.
(a) meaningless; abstract
(b) subtractive; additive
(c) divisive; multiplicative
(d) humorous; generous

3. Each panel of a comic shows a ______________________.
(a) multiple moments in time
(b) single moment in time
(c) illusion of time and motion
(d) several motions in time

4. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?
(a) A form of compression through complication
(b) A form of amplification through complication
(c) A form of compression through simplification
(d) A form of amplification through simplification

5. How long is the tapestry detailing the Norman Conquest of England?
(a) 100 feet
(b) 12 yards
(c) 36 meters
(d) 230 feet

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "Art does not reproduce the visible; rather it makes visible?"

2. What transition bypasses time and sets a wandering eye on different aspects of the same place, idea or mood?

3. Whose artwork incorporated mad lines to create crazy toddler?

4. How long is the screenfold of 8-Deer "Tiger's-Claw" that was discovered by Cortes around 1519?

5. What determines the duration of time and dimensions of space in a panel?

(see the answer key)

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