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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chapter 5 examine?
(a) Sequence.
(b) Framing.
(c) Narrative.
(d) Expressive anatomy.

2. In comics, what produces immediate results?
(a) Time.
(b) Illusion.
(c) Speech.
(d) Science.

3. From which point of view must the creator render the elements?
(a) Creator's.
(b) Character's.
(c) Reader/viewer's.
(d) The panel's.

4. How do comics form a language?
(a) Through content.
(b) By repetitiveness.
(c) By spontaneity.
(d) Through morphemes.

5. What other example of time measurement does Eisner mention?
(a) Diameter.
(b) Musical notation.
(c) Symmetric space.
(d) Seconds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do different renderings require from the viewer?

2. In the Spirit story "Two Lives," which character is incarcerated?

3. What do unusual container frames do to the reader?

4. What can be altered to add time lapse without altering rhythm?

5. What can give insight into a character's lifestyle and allow sociological observations?

(see the answer key)

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