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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. Which artist started the trend to incorporate photographic streaking to depict motion?
(a) Gene Colan
(b) Jack Kirby
(c) Bill Everett
(d) Gene Mager

2. How long is the screenfold of 8-Deer "Tiger's-Claw" that was discovered by Cortes around 1519?
(a) 36 foot
(b) 36 yards
(c) 36 meters
(d) 36 inches

3. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Mary Fleener's style is NOT typically comprised of ________.
(a) language
(b) iconic content
(c) reality
(d) non-iconic content

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

5. Panel shapes affect which of the following?
(a) Meanings
(b) Dimensions
(c) Experience
(d) Time

Short Answer Questions

1. What transition features a single subject in distinct progressions?

2. Each panel of a comic shows a ______________________.

3. What transition requires deductive reasoning and transports the reader across significant distances of time and space?

4. What is another word for motion lines?

5. What is typically the third most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?

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