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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. The combination of printed art and literature has traditionally been thought of as a style for which audience?
(a) Adolescents
(b) Children
(c) Elders
(d) Adults

2. Which of the following artists was NOT known for a more subjective palette?
(a) Caza
(b) Clavelous
(c) Moebius
(d) Herges

3. Which of the following is NOT listed as a flat-color master?
(a) Barks
(b) McCay
(c) Masereel
(d) Cole

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

5. What step finishes the first superficial exposure to the work?
(a) Form
(b) Idiom
(c) Structure
(d) Surface

Short Answer Questions

1. In the time after printing was invented, when words and pictures appeared together, how were they combined?

2. Which of the following contributed to the shift in resemblance towards meaning in art?

3. What combination has words add a soundtrack to a largely complete picture?

4. Whose artwork incorporated mad lines to create crazy toddler?

5. What step determines whether the art will be a book, a sculpture or a song?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an advantage of combining words and pictures together, as in comics?

2. What happened to comics after the invention of printing?

3. What three aspects of art benefit humans from an evolutionary standpoint?

4. Describe the difference between the additive primaries and the subtractive primaries.

5. How can backgrounds indicate invisible ideas such as emotions?

6. In panels rich with images, why would an artist add words?

7. Describe the typical artist who finds idea/purpose after creating art.

8. How does McCloud feel about color and comics?

9. What was one result of the color printing used for superheroes?

10. Describe the typical artist who starts with an idea/purpose and then creates art.

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