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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does calligraphy relate to sound?
(a) It is symmetrical.
(b) It is progressive.
(c) It is anthropomorphic.
(d) It is analogous.

2. In "Contract with God" by Eisner, what does the stone tablet suggest?
(a) The One Principle.
(b) The Ten Commandments.
(c) The Five Ideals.
(d) The Unity of the Mind.

3. What demonstrates the meaning of the balloon?
(a) Its feeling.
(b) Its size.
(c) Its shape.
(d) Its weight.

4. Why does Eisner analyze this particular Spirit story in Chapter 3?
(a) To demonstrate the nature of space and width.
(b) To show how time is realized through sequence.
(c) To show how images and rhythm are disparate.
(d) To demonstrate the alteration of perspective.

5. Images without words require what in the reader or viewer?
(a) Belief.
(b) Little knowledge.
(c) Technical practice.
(d) Extra sophistication.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one of Eisner's Spirit stories he analyzes a hero who wishes to do what?

2. In the third example in a "Contract with God," the heavy lettering is above what creature?

3. What can hold the whole together through changes of scenery?

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

5. Stories can be told through what alone?

(see the answer key)

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