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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stories can be told through what alone?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Focal points.
(c) Signatures.
(d) Spirit.

2. What characteristic of a sentence acts as framing with lines in comics?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) Morphemes.
(c) Roots.
(d) Punctuation.

3. What does the storyteller want to cause the reader to do?
(a) To become involved.
(b) To become self-aware.
(c) To become isolated.
(d) To become extremist.

4. What arranges illusions and symbols to stretch time and enhance emotion?
(a) Blocking.
(b) Character development.
(c) Spacing.
(d) Timing.

5. How did comics begin?
(a) In printmaking.
(b) In MS Paint.
(c) As one-page illustrations.
(d) As short features.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the main forums for sequential art in today's world?

2. Calligraphy symbols are rendered with what three things?

3. What is one of the two examples of time measurement Eisner mentions?

4. Why must the sequential artist and the reader share any experience?

5. In "Contract with God" by Eisner, what does the stone tablet suggest?

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