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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, A Word about Color.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which artist incorporated neurotic quill-lines into his/her work?
(a) Chester Gould
(b) R. Crumb
(c) Krystine Kryttre
(d) Carl Bark

2. Which of the following is NOT a form of self-expression and communication?
(a) Comics
(b) Photography
(c) None of these
(d) Marionettes

3. What is not one of the vertices of the triangular pictorial vocabulary?
(a) Map
(b) Reality
(c) Picture Plane
(d) Language

4. Aside from the central figure in an image, where else can emotion be depicted?
(a) Silent caption
(b) Gutters
(c) Background
(d) Foreground

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activity does not grow out of basic human instincts?

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

3. The masters of flat-color comics are also masters of what?

4. What combination has words that amplify or elaborate on an image, or vice versa?

5. Because artists don't expect audiences to identify with backgrounds such as brick walls or landscapes, backgrounds tend to be more ______ than the story's characters.

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