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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The pursuit of truth can be seen as the foundation of which of the following?
(a) Language
(b) Philosophy
(c) Science
(d) All of these

2. What is the most widely-used, most complex, and most versatile synaesthetic icon?
(a) Motion line
(b) Aspect-to-aspect
(c) Sound effects
(d) Word balloon

3. The masters of flat-color comics are also masters of what?
(a) Purpose and surface
(b) Form and composition
(c) Idiom and meaning
(d) Shading and structure

4. Which of the following is NOT an example of possible primitive art?
(a) Beating a pair of stones together
(b) Kicking and moving arms
(c) Running from a sabertooth tiger
(d) Drawing lines in the dirt with a stick

5. Flat color can make shapes, figures and backgrounds more ________.
(a) subjective
(b) objective
(c) boring
(d) oppressive

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

7. What step constructs the work by applying skills, practical knowledge, invention, and problem-solving?
(a) Craft
(b) Structure
(c) Idiom
(d) Form

8. Who was the creator of Uncle $crooge?
(a) Carl Park
(b) R. Crumb
(c) Chester Gould
(d) Krystine Kryttre

9. Which of the following is true, according to historical evidence?
(a) Pictures and spoken word developed simultaneously.
(b) Pictures predate written word.
(c) Written word predate spoken word.
(d) Written word predates pictures.

10. When readers discover comics for the first time, comics act as as an ___________ between storyteller and audience.
(a) intermediary
(b) interpreter
(c) barrier
(d) instigator

11. What is the most common type of combination where words and pictures go hand in hand to convey an idea that neither could convey alone?
(a) Parallel
(b) Inter-dependent
(c) Additive
(d) Duo-specific

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

13. Which of the following is not a benefit from non-basic human activities such as art?
(a) Provides emotional outlets
(b) All of these
(c) Provides exercise for minds and bodies
(d) Leads to useful discoveries

14. One property of flat colors is a tendency to emphasize the _____ of animate and inanimate objects
(a) action
(b) shape
(c) purpose
(d) size

15. What combination has words that amplify or elaborate on an image, or vice versa?
(a) Duo-specific
(b) Montage
(c) Inter-dependent
(d) Additive

Short Answer Questions

1. In the time after the printing press, which art form was obsessed with resemblance, light and color?

2. What step puts it all together - edits the work for content, arrangement and composition?

3. In what year were the three additive primaries isolated?

4. What is the concept of uniting different art forms associated with different senses?

5. Which of the following is NOT a form of self-expression and communication?

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