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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How can a panel be diagrammed?
(a) Like a railroad track.
(b) Like a word.
(c) Like a sentence.
(d) Like a song lyric.

3. In the third example in a "Contract with God," the heavy lettering is above what creature?
(a) Horse of the Apocalypse.
(b) Dwarf.
(c) Ghoul.
(d) Elf.

4. The earliest use of balloons was in what culture?
(a) The Aztec culture.
(b) The Slavic culture.
(c) The Incan culture.
(d) The Mayan culture.

5. What forces the reader to supply dialogue in an image sequence?
(a) The fluid lines of the image.
(b) The proximity of the action.
(c) The strained context of the image.
(d) The speed of the action.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What characteristic of a sentence acts as framing with lines in comics?

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

4. What can be used when facial expressions are critical?

5. What kind of vision is related to freezing a moment in an uninterrupted flow of action?

(see the answer key)

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