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

2. This effect of contrasting characters and backgrounds is used by which of the following?
(a) Jacques Tardi
(b) Tintin
(c) All of the following
(d) Disney

3. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?
(a) One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol
(b) A representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred
(c) A picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing
(d) Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea

4. What symbol does the author use to demonstrate the universality of cartoon imagery?
(a) Peace sign
(b) American flag
(c) Human face
(d) Stop sign

5. The author describes comics as a ______, or a medium which "can hold any number of ideas and images."
(a) cartoon
(b) content
(c) vessel
(d) message

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What additional early examples of comics does the author mention but NOT cover?

3. What does McCloud call the "ultimate abstraction?"

4. Japanese comics artists also drew more realistic characters to emphasize __________________________.

5. Which is an example of our ability to extend our identities into inanimate objects?

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