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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do balloons function for sound in comics?
(a) They make sound visible.
(b) They play the sound.
(c) They narrate tone.
(d) They develop voice.

3. How can a panel have a body plunge down the right-hand margin of a page?
(a) By breaking the right-to-left convention.
(b) By using the spiral principle.
(c) By breaking the left-to-right convention.
(d) By forming a new principle about pressure panels.

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

5. In comics, what produces immediate results?
(a) Science.
(b) Time.
(c) Speech.
(d) Illusion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the first page of a story functions as?

3. What other word can describe the use of letters in comics?

4. What can often be left out in subsequent panels after the first page of a story?

5. The sequential artist and the reader must share what kind of experience?

(see the answer key)

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