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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Vocabulary of Comics.

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. Who first observed that people growing up in the late 20th century wanted roles more than goals?
(a) McLuhan
(b) Sergio Argonnes
(c) Stan Lee
(d) Dave McKean

3. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?
(a) Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea
(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) One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol
(d) A picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing

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

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?
(a) Jaime Hernandez
(b) Carl Barks
(c) Tom King
(d) Dave Sim and Derhard

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre cannot exist in comics?

2. Which of the following icons has a fixed and absolute meaning?

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

4. Due to the negative connotation of the word "comics," many comics artists have preferred to be known as ________________________.

5. Who is the author of the book?

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