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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Time Frames.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first artist to present specific motions in a panel-to-panel form?
(a) Tezuka
(b) Herge
(c) Topffer
(d) Duchamp

2. Who does the author say is the father of modern comics?
(a) Will Eisner
(b) Scott McCloud
(c) Stan Lee
(d) Rudolphe Töpffer

3. What does McCloud call the "ultimate abstraction?"
(a) Movies
(b) Pictographs
(c) Words
(d) Ideas

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?
(a) Juxtaposed pictorial and other images
(b) In deliberate sequence
(c) Intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer
(d) Animation

Short Answer Questions

1. In comics, words represent that which can only exist in time, _______.

2. "To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to ___________."

3. What object is painted in "The Treachery of Images?"

4. Who first observed that people growing up in the late 20th century wanted roles more than goals?

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

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