Understanding Comics: Chapter 1
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- 1.
![Sequential Art is an all encompassing term that defines comics but does not prohibit genres, method, or the tools used to create comics.
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Sequential Art is an all encompassing term that defines comics but does not prohibit genres, method, or the tools used to create comics.- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.
![What master comics artist coined the term: Sequential Art?
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What master comics artist coined the term: Sequential Art?- A.
Garry Trudeau
- B.
Matt Groening
- C.
Will Eisner
- D.
Scott McCloud
- 3.
![What is the hero's name from the Pre-Columbian Picture Manuscript "Discovered" by Cortés?
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What is the hero's name from the Pre-Columbian Picture Manuscript "Discovered" by Cortés?- A.
10-Dog "Eagle Copal Burning
- B.
6-House "Row Of Flint Knives"
- C.
4-Wind "Serpent Of Fire"
- D.
8-Deer "Tiger's-Claw"
- 4.
![Single panels cartoons are one of the original forms of modern-day comics (Sequential Art): TRUE or FALSE? - ProProfs]( "Single panels cartoons are one of the original forms of modern-day comics (Sequential Art): TRUE or FALSE?")
Single panels cartoons are one of the original forms of modern-day comics (Sequential Art): TRUE or FALSE?- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.
!["The artform--the medium--known as comics is a vessel which can hold any number of ideas and images." Which of the following are needed in the comic medium?
- ProProfs]( "\"The artform--the medium--known as comics is a vessel which can hold any number of ideas and images.\" Which of the following are needed in the comic medium?")
"The artform--the medium--known as comics is a vessel which can hold any number of ideas and images." Which of the following are needed in the comic medium?- A.
Writers and Artist
- B.
Trends and Genres
- C.
Subject Matter and Themes
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 6.
![Most books about comics began shortly before the turn of the last century.
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Most books about comics began shortly before the turn of the last century.- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.
![McCloud writes about the "Thirty-Two Century" old sequential painting found in the Egyptian scribe Menna's tomb. According to the painting, as Menna watches, farmers late in paying their taxes are ___________.
- ProProfs]( "McCloud writes about the \"Thirty-Two Century\" old sequential painting found in the Egyptian scribe Menna's tomb. According to the painting, as Menna watches, farmers late in paying their taxes are ___________.")
McCloud writes about the "Thirty-Two Century" old sequential painting found in the Egyptian scribe Menna's tomb. According to the painting, as Menna watches, farmers late in paying their taxes are ___________.- A.
Giving one chance to pray for mercy and then killed in the name of Amen Ra.
- B.
Made to pay double the original taxes.
- C.
Made to sacrifice an ox in the name of Osiris.
- D.
Burned by the x-ray vision possessed by men like Menna.
- E.
Beaten for their tardiness.
- 8.
![The Bayeux Tapestry is strikingly similar to Comics?
- ProProfs]( "The Bayeux Tapestry is strikingly similar to Comics?")
The Bayeux Tapestry is strikingly similar to Comics?- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.
![At first glance, Egyptian Hieroglyphics would seem to fit our definition of Comics perfectly but...
- ProProfs]( "At first glance, Egyptian Hieroglyphics would seem to fit our definition of Comics perfectly but...")
At first glance, Egyptian Hieroglyphics would seem to fit our definition of Comics perfectly but...- A.
Hieroglyphics' real descendent is Jazz music and not Comics.
- B.
Hieroglyphics' real descendent is the written word and not Comics.
- C.
Hieroglyphics' real descendent is military strategy and not Comics.
- D.
Hieroglyphics' real descendent is anthropomorphism and not Comics.
- 10.
![The invention of the printing press is the one event which looms as large in comics history as it does in the history of the written word.
- ProProfs]( "The invention of the printing press is the one event which looms as large in comics history as it does in the history of the written word.")
The invention of the printing press is the one event which looms as large in comics history as it does in the history of the written word.- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.
![The print below depicts....
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The print below depicts....- A.
The Tortures of Saint Erasmus
- B.
The Tortures of Saint Tropez
- C.
The Tortures of Saint Paul John
- D.
The Tortures of Saint Bernard
- 12.
![The sophistication of the picture-story did grow, however, reaching great heights in the nimble hands of William Hogarth.
- ProProfs]( "The sophistication of the picture-story did grow, however, reaching great heights in the nimble hands of William Hogarth.")
The sophistication of the picture-story did grow, however, reaching great heights in the nimble hands of William Hogarth.- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.
![The father of modern comic in many ways is...
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The father of modern comic in many ways is...- A.
Saint Erasmus
- B.
William Hogarth
- C.
Rodolphe Töpffer
- D.
Charles M. Schulz
- 14.
![Woodcut Artist Lynd Ward's silent "Woodcut Novels" are powerful modern fables now praised by Comic artist but seldom recognized as comics.
- ProProfs]( "Woodcut Artist Lynd Ward's silent \"Woodcut Novels\" are powerful modern fables now praised by Comic artist but seldom recognized as comics.")
Woodcut Artist Lynd Ward's silent "Woodcut Novels" are powerful modern fables now praised by Comic artist but seldom recognized as comics.- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.
![Scott McCloud considers this single panel like the one below comics.
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Scott McCloud considers this single panel like the one below comics.- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.
![Most Art teachers consider Max Ernst's "Collage Novel,"A Week Of Kindness a comics masterpiece.
- ProProfs]( "Most Art teachers consider Max Ernst's \"Collage Novel,\"A Week Of Kindness a comics masterpiece.")
Most Art teachers consider Max Ernst's "Collage Novel,"A Week Of Kindness a comics masterpiece.- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.[Check the correct box(es)] "For much of the century the word "comics" has had a negative connotations that many of comics' most devoted practitioners have preferred to be known as"...
- A.
Illustrators
- B.
Commercial Artists
- C.
Motion Art Scientists
- D.
Graphic Editors
- E.
Tommy John Surgeons
- F.
Cartoonists
- 18.
![Fill in the blank: When I (Scott McCloud) was in the _______, a friend of mine (who was a lot smarter than I was) convinced me to give comics another look and lent me his collection.
- ProProfs]( "Fill in the blank: When I (Scott McCloud) was in the _______, a friend of mine (who was a lot smarter than I was) convinced me to give comics another look and lent me his collection.")
Fill in the blank: When I (Scott McCloud) was in the _______, a friend of mine (who was a lot smarter than I was) convinced me to give comics another look and lent me his collection.- A.
12th Grade
- B.
Grad School
- C.
8th Grade
- D.
9th Grade
- 19.[Check the correct box(es)] At one time _________ recieved the same criticism and skeptism Comics receive.
- A.
Music
- B.
Written Word
- C.
Theatre
- D.
Visual Art
- E.
Film
- F.
Video
- 20.If we don't exclude photography from our definition, then half of America has been in comics at one time or another.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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