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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose did the artists start to use expressions, postures, and backdrops?
(a) To explain their analysis.
(b) To formulate their understanding.
(c) To express their ideas
(d) To format their pieces.

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

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

4. What kind of introduction does "Comics as a Form of Reading" use to discuss art?
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Religious.
(d) Geometric.

5. In "Contract with God" by Eisner, what does the stone tablet suggest?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) The Unity of the Mind.
(c) The One Principle.
(d) The Five Ideals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third example in a "Contract with God," the heavy lettering is above what creature?

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

3. What can hold the whole together through changes of scenery?

4. What kind of pictographs weld visual imagery and "uniform derivative" symbols?

5. How do comics form a language?

(see the answer key)

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