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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Imagery examines and illustrates the juxtaposition of what two things?
(a) Words and movement.
(b) Words and imagery.
(c) Music and imagery.
(d) Sound and thought.

2. In one of Eisner's Spirit stories he analyzes a hero who wishes to do what?
(a) Sing.
(b) Fly.
(c) Be invisible.
(d) Be invincible.

3. What is used to move a reader or viewer through time?
(a) Lines.
(b) Panels.
(c) Colors.
(d) Texture.

4. What can hold the whole together through changes of scenery?
(a) Twine.
(b) Quills.
(c) Postcards.
(d) Scripts.

5. How do balloons function for sound in comics?
(a) They narrate tone.
(b) They play the sound.
(c) They develop voice.
(d) They make sound visible.

Short Answer Questions

1. After which century, did artists start to depend on expressions, postures, and backdrops?

2. What word does Eisner use to describe the relationship of timing and rhythm?

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

4. Where does Eisner's second example in "Contract with God" take place?

5. Around when did daily comic strips first appear?

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