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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. Within a comic storyline, what is the amount of time that passes from one panel to the next?
(a) Varies
(b) One minute
(c) One day
(d) One second

2. What determines the duration of time and dimensions of space in a panel?
(a) The contents
(b) The size
(c) The sequence
(d) The shape

3. The author describes comics as a ______, or a medium which "can hold any number of ideas and images."
(a) cartoon
(b) message
(c) vessel
(d) content

4. What was the name of Max Ernst's surreal plate sequence?
(a) Woodcut Novels
(b) Collage Novel
(c) Carved Novel
(d) Graphic Novel

5. Who is the author of the book?
(a) Will Eisner
(b) Rudolphe Töpffer
(c) Scott McCloud
(d) Stan Lee

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the woodcut artist known for his silent "Woodcut Novels" of fables?

2. Closure in comics fosters an intimacy between ________________________.

3. Visual iconography is to vocabulary as closure is to _______________.

4. Who created "A Harlot's Progress," published in 1731?

5. Most Japanese comics first appear published in __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the screenfold of 8-Deer "Tiger's Claw" considered a comic?

2. How is the Egyptian painting referenced in the book considered a comic?

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

4. According to McCloud, why is closure important?

5. How are faces and figures typically drawn in comics? What about backgrounds and landscapes?

6. Is a single image equivalent to a single instant in time?

7. How do people commit closure in electronic media such as a a film?

8. Give examples of the three different types of icons.

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

10. What is a Japanese technique usied in cartooning?

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