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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is time harder to measure in comics?
(a) Because it is more illusory.
(b) Because it is more linear.
(c) Because it is more visible.
(d) Because it is more circular.

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

3. What has primacy over text in comics?
(a) Body posture and gesture.
(b) Sound and song.
(c) The image.
(d) The font.

4. What determines how successfully the commonality of the human body is conveyed?
(a) The artist's memory.
(b) The artist's style.
(c) The artist's skill.
(d) The artist's business.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do different renderings require from the viewer?

2. In comics, what produces immediate results?

3. What conventions do comics rely on?

4. What kinds of tasks are by nature, sequential?

5. How does calligraphy relate to sound?

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