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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do balloons function for speech in comics?
(a) They relate content.
(b) They focus on the visuals.
(c) They enhance the speech.
(d) They frame the speech.

2. What demonstrates the meaning of the balloon?
(a) Its size.
(b) Its shape.
(c) Its feeling.
(d) Its weight.

3. What did comics evolve into?
(a) Comic newspapers.
(b) Diatomes.
(c) Graphic novels.
(d) Storybooks.

4. The sequential artist and the reader must share what kind of experience?
(a) Skill set experience.
(b) Oral communication.
(c) Life experience.
(d) Monetary trade.

5. What does the storyteller want to cause the reader to do?
(a) To become extremist.
(b) To become self-aware.
(c) To become involved.
(d) To become isolated.

Short Answer Questions

1. The earliest use of balloons was in what culture?

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

3. Why does Eisner analyze this particular Spirit story in Chapter 3?

4. What kind of things does the storyteller use to tell a story in comics?

5. Expression becomes an alphabet when it undergoes what process?

(see the answer key)

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