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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. Whose uneven lines pantomimed the inner struggles of modern life?
(a) Spiegelman
(b) Jose Munoz
(c) Kirby
(d) Jules Feiffer

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

3. What drawing style did Jooste Swarte use to depict cool sophistication and irony?
(a) Large gutters and thin uneven lines
(b) Thick black lines
(c) Crisp elegant lines and jazzy designs
(d) Polite jagged lines

4. Whose work often evoked a world of depravity and morbid decay through dense puddles of ink and fraying linework?
(a) Spiegelman
(b) Kirby
(c) Jose Munoz
(d) Jules Feiffer

5. Which of the following is NOT a way to vary word balloons?
(a) All of the above
(b) Lettering style
(c) Content
(d) Shape

Short Answer Questions

1. When and where did the author think comics originated?

2. Which of the following is an assumption that comics artists make about the reader?

3. Which of the following artists uses more transitions than normal?

4. Comics relay on _____ sense(s) to convey a world of experience.

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

(see the answer key)

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