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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the title of the sequel to "A Harlot's Progress?"
(a) "A Rake's Progress"
(b) "A Piper's Progress"
(c) "A King's Progress"
(d) "A Pauper's Progress"

2. What invention had a significant effect on comics?
(a) Recycled paper
(b) Colored ink
(c) Printing
(d) Ballpoint pens

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

4. Pictures are ______ information. Writing is _______ information.
(a) perceived; received
(b) received; perceived
(c) received; received
(d) perceived; perceived

5. Using the pictorial vocabulary pyramid, Herges' style is typically comprised of __________________.
(a) reality and language
(b) icon and reality
(c) icon and language
(d) meaning and icon

6. Who created "A Harlot's Progress," published in 1731?
(a) William Hogarth
(b) Max Ernst
(c) Lynd Ward
(d) Frans Masereel

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

8. When McCloud refers to the word icon, to what is he referring?
(a) Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea
(b) A representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred
(c) One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol
(d) A picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing

9. 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?
(a) "He hit me!"
(b) "His car hit my car!"
(c) "He hit my car!"
(d) "His car hit me!"

10. What is a powerful force that happens between the panels that allows viewers to use their imagination?
(a) Drive
(b) Participation
(c) Education
(d) Endurance

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

12. Panel shapes affect which of the following?
(a) Experience
(b) Time
(c) Meanings
(d) Dimensions

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

14. When does the author begin practicing to be a comics artist?
(a) In tenth grade
(b) During his first office job
(c) After his dog dies
(d) Since he could pick up a pencil

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does McCloud name the two bastions of cartoon art?

2. Which pair of words does not relate to each other, in terms of comic style?

3. What is not one of the vertices of the triangular pictorial vocabulary?

4. What additional early examples of comics does the author mention but NOT cover?

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

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