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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does this alphabetic expression introduce?
(a) Deeper meanings and complexities.
(b) Simple principles.
(c) Syntactic process.
(d) Heartfelt communication.

2. Graphic novels include reading written words and what else, for example?
(a) Images, love, theory, abstraction.
(b) Pictures, maps, circuit diagrams, musical notes.
(c) 3D worlds, technology, maps, music.
(d) Touch, taste, smell, pictures.

3. Why must the sequential artist and the reader share any experience?
(a) So the reader understands the entirety of the piece.
(b) So the artist can get paid.
(c) So the panels are read correctly.
(d) So communication can occur.

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

5. What can be used when facial expressions are critical?
(a) Narrow channels.
(b) Panoramic views.
(c) Heavy lines.
(d) Close-ups.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of a young person's life are comic books said to have a role?

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

3. What does lettering often serves as an extension of?

4. If a reader knows instinctively how gravity works, what will happen when they read panels that don't function like sentences?

5. Around when did daily comic strips first appear?

(see the answer key)

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