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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 of the following artists uses more transitions than normal?
(a) Jack Kirby
(b) Osamu Tezuka
(c) G. Hernandez
(d) Spiegelman

2. What invention had a significant effect on comics?
(a) Printing
(b) Ballpoint pens
(c) Colored ink
(d) Recycled paper

3. 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

4. "To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to ___________."
(a) hell
(b) a thousand deaths
(c) be consigned to oblivion
(d) immortality

5. Herge's Tintin was characterized by very iconic characters with unusually realistic backgrounds. This style is called _______.
(a) bold-brushed
(b) clear-line
(c) inked
(d) paneled

Short Answer Questions

1. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?

2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?

3. The author believes that comics is an art form similar to which of the following?

4. Visual iconography is to vocabulary as closure is to _______________.

5. Which pair of words does not relate to each other, in terms of comic style?

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