Understanding Comics Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Understanding Comics Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a single image, what can you use to add words without introducing time?

2. Which of the following artists uses more transitions than normal?

3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of comics, as defined in Understanding Comics?

4. Who painted "The Treachery of Images?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How can an artist depict time in comics?

2. According to McCloud, everything that people experience in life can be separated into which two realms?

3. How do words introduce time into a single frame?

4. What is the difference between the art form ("medium") and the content?

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

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

7. Why does the author introduce the Margritte painting, "The Treachery of Images"?

8. According to McCloud, why is closure important?

9. According to McCloud, are comics a hybrid of graphic arts and prose fiction?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In aspect-to-aspect transitions, McCloud says that nothing "happens." Is presenting different aspects of a place important to storytelling? Why or why not? Do you think McCloud is accurate in saying that this kind of transition does not move the narrative along?

Essay Topic 2

Scott McCloud used to have a poor impression of comics. When he was older, his friend convinced him to give comics another chance and he was hooked. Think about something you once hated, but not loved (or loved and now hate). Describe your previous and current impressions. What possible explanations can you think of for the change of heart? Was your first impression based off incorrect or partial knowledge? Did you change as a person?

Essay Topic 3

McCloud notes that "We see ourselves in everything. We assign identities and emotions where none exist. And we make the world over in our image." Personification is a literary device that demonstrates McCloud's statement. Think of a time where you personified an inanimate object or abstract notion. What was it? What human attributes did you give to it?

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