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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Show and Tell.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What combination has pictures that illustrate but don't significantly add to a largely complete text?
(a) Additive
(b) Picture-specific
(c) Duo-specific
(d) Word-specific

3. What is another word for motion lines?
(a) Zip-buttons
(b) Zip-ribbons
(c) Swoosh signs
(d) Curlicues

4. The bold lines, obtuse angles and heavy blacks in Dick Tracy were meant to suggest a _________ of adults.
(a) profitable, kind attitude
(b) bleak, neutral attitude
(c) optimistic, dramatic attitude
(d) grim, deadly attitude

5. What were innovative characteristics of Rudolphe Töpffer's work?
(a) Cartooning
(b) All of the above
(c) Panel borders
(d) Interdependent combination of words and pictures

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the creator of Uncle $crooge?

2. What was the title of the sequel to "A Harlot's Progress?"

3. Which of the following is NOT a way to vary word balloons?

4. What determines the duration of time and dimensions of space in a panel?

5. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?

(see the answer key)

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