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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. How long is the screenfold of 8-Deer "Tiger's-Claw" that was discovered by Cortes around 1519?
(a) 36 yards
(b) 36 meters
(c) 36 foot
(d) 36 inches

2. Which of the following icons are fluid and variable in how realistic they are?
(a) Saints
(b) Idols
(c) Non-pictorial
(d) Pictorial

3. What transition stays within a scene or idea and requires more closure from the reader in order to find the transition meaningful?
(a) Action-to-action
(b) Subject-to-subject
(c) Scene-to-scene
(d) Non-sequitur

4. The author believes that comics is an art form similar to which of the following?
(a) Music
(b) Written word
(c) Theatre
(d) All of the above

5. Which is an example of our ability to extend our identities into inanimate objects?
(a) All of the above
(b) Crutches
(c) Glass
(d) Utensils

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Max Ernst's surreal plate sequence?

2. What is the space between comic panels called?

3. What genre cannot exist in comics?

4. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Mary Fleener's style is NOT typically comprised of ________.

5. The art of comics is as _______ as it is ________.

(see the answer key)

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