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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Blood in the Gutter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is typically the second most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?
(a) Scene-to-scene
(b) Action-to-action
(c) Subject-to-subject
(d) Moment-to-moment

2. When does the author begin practicing to be a comics artist?
(a) During his first office job
(b) Since he could pick up a pencil
(c) In tenth grade
(d) After his dog dies

3. Who painted "The Treachery of Images?"
(a) Sergio Aragones
(b) Kurtzman
(c) Jack Kirby
(d) Magritte

4. Because artists don't expect audiences to identify with backgrounds such as brick walls or landscapes, backgrounds tend to be more ______ than the story's characters.
(a) realistic
(b) simplified
(c) non-existent
(d) abstract

5. What does McCloud name the two bastions of cartoon art?
(a) Underground and erotica comics
(b) Underground and children's comics
(c) Superhero and children's comics
(d) Erotica and drama comics

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes comics as a ______, or a medium which "can hold any number of ideas and images."

2. Closure in comics fosters an intimacy between ________________________.

3. McCloud notes that we perceive the world as ______ through the experience of our senses, even though our senses can only reveal a _______ world.

4. Who first observed that people growing up in the late 20th century wanted roles more than goals?

5. Which of the following is NOT an American comic artist that uses the style of creating one set of lines to see and another to be?

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