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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. Which pair of words does not relate to each other, in terms of comic style?
(a) Realistic; iconic
(b) Objective; subjective
(c) Famous; anonymous
(d) Complex; simple

2. What new law was created to protect Töpffer's new art form following the successful publication of "A Harlot's Progress" and its sequel?
(a) Restraining order
(b) Minimum wage
(c) Income tax
(d) Copyright

3. What is the space between comic panels called?
(a) The jump
(b) The frame
(c) The ditch
(d) The gutter

4. What transition features a single subject in distinct progressions?
(a) Aspect-to-aspect
(b) Subject-to-subject
(c) Action-to-action
(d) Moment-to-moment

5. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?
(a) A picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing
(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) Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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. What invention had a significant effect on comics?

5. What does McCloud name the two bastions of cartoon art?

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