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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. The bold lines, obtuse angles and heavy blacks in Dick Tracy were meant to suggest a _________ of adults.

2. What is the first step of art creation, the one that contains the work's content, emotions and philosophies?

3. Which is true of most written languages?

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

5. Which French pianist devised the idea of three subtractive primaries?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What problem results from people believing that comics is a new form of media?

4. Why do people think words and pictures together is more simplistic than either art individually?

5. How can a word balloon vary?

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

7. How can words and pictures together create a more meaningful message than each individually?

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

9. How does McCloud feel about color and comics?

10. What are the advantages of color in comics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

McCloud writes that when he was a child, he believed that the world ceased to exist unless he was present. As he grew older, he began filling in gaps with assumptions in order to get closure. What are strategies and evidence we use to convince ourselves of the existence of things we have not experienced first hand? To test these definitions, consider whether they would stand up to the question of whether extraterrestrial life exists.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

McCloud says that with comics, if all you see is ink and paper, what you see is seldom what you get. Instead he notes that, "In the end, what you get is what you give." What does he mean by this statement? Can you see this concept applying to other situations outside of comics?

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