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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. In comics, words represent that which can only exist in time, _______.
(a) smell
(b) sound
(c) movement
(d) action

2. Each panel of a comic shows a ______________________.
(a) several motions in time
(b) illusion of time and motion
(c) multiple moments in time
(d) single moment in time

3. Widening the shape of a panel can affect the _______ of time.
(a) characterization
(b) romanticization
(c) depiction
(d) perception

4. 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) Carl Barks
(b) Jaime Hernandez
(c) Tom King
(d) Dave Sim and Derhard

5. What transition offers no logical relationship between panels?
(a) Action-to-action
(b) Non-sequitur
(c) Subject-to-subject
(d) Scene-to-scene

Short Answer Questions

1. In a single image, what can you use to add words without introducing time?

2. Which of the following can lengthen the pause between panels?

3. What panel-to-panel transition requires the least amount of closure?

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

5. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?

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