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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does McCloud loosely define cartooning?
(a) A form of compression through complication
(b) A form of amplification through simplification
(c) A form of amplification through complication
(d) A form of compression through simplification

2. What transition features a single subject in distinct progressions?
(a) Aspect-to-aspect
(b) Moment-to-moment
(c) Action-to-action
(d) Subject-to-subject

3. Which artist was the first to depict motion by using a single line?
(a) Tezuka
(b) Duchamp
(c) Topffer
(d) Herge

4. Who observed that a non-visual awareness occurs when people interact with inanimate objects?
(a) Osamu Tezuka
(b) Marshall McLuhan
(c) Herge
(d) Jack Kirby

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the 44th comic artist listed in the triangle?

2. Panel shapes affect which of the following?

3. What is an example of comics that is not referred to as comics?

4. What is a powerful force that happens between the panels that allows viewers to use their imagination?

5. Comic panels break up which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what cartooning style is.

2. According to McCloud, why is closure important?

3. Describe the author's first impressions of comics as a child.

4. What is McCloud's explanation for why the human mind has little difficulty converting shapes and images into faces?

5. For what do Japanese mainstream comics use aspect-to-aspect transitions?

6. Does McCloud think single panels should be considered comic art?

7. Is there a difference between an animated movie and comics?

8. What are the three most popular transitions in mainstream Western comics and why?

9. How do Japanese comics physically differ from Western comics?

10. What is McCloud's notion of the Picture Plane?

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