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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As artists tell stories to mass audiences, what do they use as means of arrangement?
(a) Trapezoids.
(b) Bubbles.
(c) Boxes.
(d) Triangles.

2. Does this book suggest the structures of illustration and of prose are similar?
(a) Yes.
(b) The article does not mention any similarity.
(c) The article says illustration has no structure.
(d) They are profoundly different.

3. What method is the mainstay for facial expressions and body movement?
(a) Clear blocking.
(b) Exaggerated gesture.
(c) Heavy marking.
(d) Simple, concise images.

4. The earliest use of balloons was in what culture?
(a) The Mayan culture.
(b) The Slavic culture.
(c) The Incan culture.
(d) The Aztec culture.

5. What advantage do film and theater have of an audience that is forced to do what?
(a) Press rewind and play buttons.
(b) Charge per viewing.
(c) View the action as presented.
(d) Sit quietly.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a language, what do comics need to utilize?

2. Why is the face the most important part of the body in comics?

3. The sequential artist and the reader must share what kind of experience?

4. What type of art does "Comics as a Form of Reading" describe?

5. Why must the sequential artist and the reader share any experience?

(see the answer key)

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