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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many panels must an action sometimes be broken into to clarify the action?
(a) None.
(b) Many.
(c) All.
(d) Several.

4. What is the intermediate mock up that allows editor, writer, and artist to review the project called in comics?
(a) Dummy.
(b) Mechanical.
(c) Story board.
(d) Layout.

5. What is the absolute ratio of words to picture in comics?
(a) 2:5.
(b) There is no absolute ratio.
(c) Twenty characters for three panels.
(d) 3:1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Images without words require what in the reader or viewer?

2. What does this alphabetic expression introduce?

3. What are gestures "almost idiomatic" to?

4. Does this book suggest the structures of illustration and of prose are similar?

5. What does lettering often serves as an extension of?

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