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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As artists tell stories to mass audiences, what do they use as means of arrangement?
(a) Boxes.
(b) Triangles.
(c) Bubbles.
(d) Trapezoids.

2. Why is the basic panel layout normally strictly prescribed?
(a) Due dates.
(b) Timelines.
(c) Space constraints.
(d) Tradition.

3. What type of art does "Comics as a Form of Reading" describe?
(a) Phoenician watercolors.
(b) The ancient drawings at Lasceux.
(c) Linear art.
(d) The modern form of sequential art.

4. What did comics evolve into?
(a) Storybooks.
(b) Comic newspapers.
(c) Graphic novels.
(d) Diatomes.

5. What can the frame's shape or absence convey?
(a) Character development.
(b) The profession of the artist.
(c) The sound and emotion of the action.
(d) The progression of emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word for panels?

2. How many panels must an action sometimes be broken into to clarify the action?

3. When does a pause inevitably occur while reading?

4. What field is writing for comics closely related to?

5. What must the artist deal with to decide when abbreviations or omissions are required?

(see the answer key)

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