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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are comic book artists most challenged?
(a) Portraying perspective and human bodies.
(b) Selection of particular moments and portraying amorphics.
(c) Selection of angular perspective and gestural illustration.
(d) Selection of panoramic views.

2. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) Writing and Sequential Art.
(b) Writing and Essence.
(c) Writing and the Graphic.
(d) Writing and Art History.

3. What two things limit the artist's choice of outline?
(a) The narrative requirement and constrictions on page dimensions.
(b) The sequential drive and linear focus of the page.
(c) The scope and vision of the work.
(d) The number of pens and pencils the artist owns.

4. How do balloons function for sound in comics?
(a) They play the sound.
(b) They narrate tone.
(c) They develop voice.
(d) They make sound visible.

5. What characteristics of panels contribute to the sequence of time?
(a) The depth and breadth of panels.
(b) The number and size of panels.
(c) The speed and radius of panels.
(d) The matter and width of panels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most humans understand the face as?

2. Why does Eisner analyze this particular Spirit story in Chapter 3?

3. What has provided a new horizon to the industry?

4. Where does Eisner's second example in "Contract with God" take place?

5. Around when did daily comic strips first appear?

(see the answer key)

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