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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the basic panel layout normally strictly prescribed?
(a) Tradition.
(b) Space constraints.
(c) Timelines.
(d) Due dates.

2. In the Spirit story "Two Lives," which character is incarcerated?
(a) Mariford Rubens.
(b) Carboy T. Gretch.
(c) John.
(d) Cranfranz Qwayle.

3. What does Eisner depict in three panels as an example of the inseparability of words and images?
(a) Three golden retrievers.
(b) Five golden geese.
(c) Five gold rings.
(d) Two goldfish in a bowl.

4. What can the frame's shape or absence convey?
(a) The progression of emotion.
(b) Character development.
(c) The profession of the artist.
(d) The sound and emotion of the action.

5. What kind of stories have dominated the field of comics because of the limitations of the medium?
(a) Life-changing stories.
(b) Didactic moral stories.
(c) Simple, obvious stories.
(d) Complex, intriguing stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the intermediate mock up that allows editor, writer, and artist to review the project called in comics?

2. When speed lines indicate motion they are part of what language?

3. What field is writing for comics closely related to?

4. For what purpose did the artists start to use expressions, postures, and backdrops?

5. What do the writer and artist "pledge allegiance" to when working on comics together?

(see the answer key)

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