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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. Which style of painting was an honest expression of the internal turmoil of artists?

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

3. Which color is NOT a subtractive primary?

4. Which of the following artists was NOT known for a more subjective palette?

5. What is the most widely-used, most complex, and most versatile synaesthetic icon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does McCloud feel about color and comics?

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

3. How can an artist depict emotion in a comic?

4. Describe the process of creating art using the six-step path.

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

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

7. What happened after the birth of Expressionism?

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

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

10. Does the six-step path need to be completed in a specific order?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

McCloud argues children are fascinated by the simplicity and universal identification of cartoons and that these characteristics allow the viewer to step inside the cartoon universe. Do you agree that by simplifying the drawing style, one allows the viewer to see the message more clearly? Explain your perspective using examples.

Essay Topic 2

McCloud notes that diagrams are comics, but they do not label themselves as such. How important are labels? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? How does the context that diagrams are presented in make them different from other comics?

Essay Topic 3

McCloud notes that in Eastern art, elements omitted from a work of art are just as important was the work that has been explicitly included. Do you think that missing elements, such as negative space in an image, or silence in a melody, are an important part of art? Explain your answer.

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