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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is time harder to measure in comics?
(a) Because it is more illusory.
(b) Because it is more visible.
(c) Because it is more linear.
(d) Because it is more circular.

2. What Spirit story written in 1947 mentions Yogi?
(a) Hoagy the Yogi, Part 1.
(b) George and the Yogi.
(c) Junior Yogi, Part 2.
(d) Hoagy the Yogi, Part 2.

3. In a story by Eisner how does he make the text express the sentiment of a scene?
(a) The text is lettered in a similar style.
(b) The text is broken into many balloons.
(c) The text is lettered in teardrops.
(d) The text is fragmented across the panel.

4. What do unusual container frames do to the reader?
(a) Keep him or her at bay.
(b) Pull him or her in.
(c) Explain the storyline more clearly.
(d) Show the audience a better picture.

5. What arranges illusions and symbols to stretch time and enhance emotion?
(a) Spacing.
(b) Blocking.
(c) Timing.
(d) Character development.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used to move a reader or viewer through time?

2. What must be broken down into segments when using a full-page frame?

3. In Eisner's third example of "Contract with God" what drips from the heavy lettering?

4. What specific content does Chapter 4 discuss?

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

(see the answer key)

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