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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which comic artist introduced the storytelling techniques used in most mainstream comics?
(a) Stan Lee
(b) Jack Kirby
(c) Mary Fleener
(d) Charles Schultz

2. Who first observed that people growing up in the late 20th century wanted roles more than goals?
(a) McLuhan
(b) Sergio Argonnes
(c) Stan Lee
(d) Dave McKean

3. When reading comics, how many senses are used between panels?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Zero
(d) One

4. Comic panels break up which of the following?
(a) Space and consistency
(b) Time and space
(c) Time and sound
(d) Sound and movement

5. What is an example of comics that is not referred to as comics?
(a) Live-action movies
(b) Single-panel cartoons
(c) Diagrams
(d) Hieroglyphics

6. What is the space between comic panels called?
(a) The ditch
(b) The frame
(c) The jump
(d) The gutter

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

8. What is typically the third most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?
(a) Action-to-action
(b) Subject-to-subject
(c) Moment-to-moment
(d) Scene-to-scene

9. What symbol does the author use to demonstrate the universality of cartoon imagery?
(a) Human face
(b) Peace sign
(c) Stop sign
(d) American flag

10. Which of the following point in time of the panel is represented by where your eyes are focused?
(a) Present
(b) Future
(c) Depends
(d) Past

11. This effect of contrasting characters and backgrounds is used by which of the following?
(a) Tintin
(b) All of the following
(c) Jacques Tardi
(d) Disney

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

13. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?
(a) In deliberate sequence
(b) Juxtaposed pictorial and other images
(c) Animation
(d) Intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer

14. Which of the following is true?
(a) Animation is sequential in time; comics are spatially juxtaposed.
(b) Animation is spatially juxtaposed; comics are sequential in time.
(c) Animation is spatially juxtaposed; comics are spatially juxtaposed.
(d) Animation is sequential in time; comics are sequential in time.

15. Which of the following can lengthen the pause between panels?
(a) The number of panels
(b) The space between panels
(c) All of the above
(d) The content of the panels

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author believes that comics is an art form similar to which of the following?

3. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?

4. Using the example of driving to illustrate non-visual awareness, what is the likely response of the driver of the vehicle being struck if one car hits another?

5. Which of the following icons has a fixed and absolute meaning?

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