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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method is the mainstay for facial expressions and body movement?
(a) Clear blocking.
(b) Simple, concise images.
(c) Heavy marking.
(d) Exaggerated gesture.

2. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) Application (The Use of Sequential Art).
(b) Illustration.
(c) Technique (The Skill of the Artist).
(d) Sequence and the Mind.

3. What is the intermediate mock up that allows editor, writer, and artist to review the project called in comics?
(a) Story board.
(b) Layout.
(c) Dummy.
(d) Mechanical.

4. In "Contract with God," how is the text lettered?
(a) Partly in Celtic runes.
(b) Partly in Hebraic style.
(c) Partly in Yiddish.
(d) Partly in astrological charts.

5. What other word can describe the use of letters in comics?
(a) Symbol.
(b) Identity.
(c) Construct.
(d) Method.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other example of time measurement does Eisner mention?

2. When Eisner shows a segment of script in which an escaping fugitive falls down a manhole, how does he first show it?

3. Stories can be told through what alone?

4. In which 18th century tool do inscriptions reappear?

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

(see the answer key)

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