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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first page of a story functions as?
(a) The introduction.
(b) The prognosis.
(c) The index.
(d) The conclusion.

2. What tendency of the eye is an obstacle in comics?
(a) For the eye to wander.
(b) For the eye to dilate.
(c) For the eye to cry.
(d) For the eye to blink.

3. When does a pause inevitably occur while reading?
(a) When the reader/viewer sees the first panel.
(b) When the reader/viewer turns the page.
(c) While the reader/viewer moves from panel to panel.
(d) When the reader/viewer reads the second to last panel.

4. What are pages laid out as in an example chapter from Life on Another Planet?
(a) Beta panels.
(b) Meta panels.
(c) Alpha panels.
(d) Gamma panels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When writing words, authors do what to the reader's imagination?

2. Graphic novels include reading written words and what else, for example?

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

4. What can happen after letters in comics are devised from familiar objects?

5. How do you describe the kind of activity that bridges gaps in the action of the comic?

(see the answer key)

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