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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What things are not described but added when words are coupled with images?
(a) Weight, height, style.
(b) Sound, monologues, vocal patterns.
(c) Sound, dialogue, connections.
(d) Connections, webs, tangles.

3. What are these artists trying to arrange?
(a) Simple questions.
(b) Power and wealth.
(c) Complex thoughts, sounds, actions, and ideas.
(d) Neural synapses.

4. What novelty can suggest dimension and involve the reader/viewer better than a regular container?
(a) Using 3D imagery.
(b) Using doorways or windows to frame a panel.
(c) Using accompanying CDs to explain the pages.
(d) Using rulers to structure lines clearly.

5. What field is writing for comics closely related to?
(a) Theatrics.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Playwriting.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does a pause inevitably occur while reading?

2. Through what must the artist seize attention and dictate the sequence?

3. What conventions do comics rely on?

4. What does Eisner depict in three panels as an example of the inseparability of words and images?

5. What can often be left out in subsequent panels after the first page of a story?

(see the answer key)

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