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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can hold the whole together through changes of scenery?
(a) Quills.
(b) Postcards.
(c) Scripts.
(d) Twine.

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

3. Around when did daily comic strips first appear?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1756.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1943.

4. What characteristic of comics examines how the sequential artist works with space and time?
(a) Illusion.
(b) Timing.
(c) Paneling.
(d) Style.

5. What is used to move a reader or viewer through time?
(a) Panels.
(b) Texture.
(c) Colors.
(d) Lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. When speed lines indicate motion they are part of what language?

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

3. As a language, what do comics need to utilize?

4. Calligraphy symbols are rendered with what three things?

5. What does the storyteller want to cause the reader to do?

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