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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the two examples of time measurement Eisner mentions?
(a) Minutes.
(b) Radiation.
(c) Radiowaves.
(d) Morse code.

2. Expression becomes an alphabet when it undergoes what process?
(a) Symbolification.
(b) Chrysallis.
(c) Transmutation.
(d) Codification.

3. What must a reader possess in order to read comic books?
(a) A fine sense of smell.
(b) Tactile sense and dexterity.
(c) Auditory and verbal interpretive skills.
(d) Visual and verbal interpretive skills.

4. Why must the sequential artist and the reader share any experience?
(a) So the panels are read correctly.
(b) So the artist can get paid.
(c) So the reader understands the entirety of the piece.
(d) So communication can occur.

5. What novelty can suggest dimension and involve the reader/viewer better than a regular container?
(a) Using rulers to structure lines clearly.
(b) Using doorways or windows to frame a panel.
(c) Using 3D imagery.
(d) Using accompanying CDs to explain the pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other things can lettering reflect in comics?

2. In comics, what produces immediate results?

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

4. In the Spirit story "Two Lives," which character is incarcerated?

5. What is the title of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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