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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other example of time measurement does Eisner mention?
(a) Diameter.
(b) Musical notation.
(c) Symmetric space.
(d) Seconds.

2. What do people learn to measure distance by?
(a) Sight and Sound.
(b) Circumference and Diameter.
(c) Nature and the Heavens.
(d) Optics and Illusion.

3. What forces the reader to supply dialogue in an image sequence?
(a) The fluid lines of the image.
(b) The speed of the action.
(c) The proximity of the action.
(d) The strained context of the image.

4. In the third example in a "Contract with God," the heavy lettering is above what creature?
(a) Elf.
(b) Horse of the Apocalypse.
(c) Ghoul.
(d) Dwarf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be altered to add time lapse without altering rhythm?

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

3. What Spirit story written in 1947 mentions Yogi?

4. The earliest use of balloons was in what type of art?

5. What did comics evolve into?

(see the answer key)

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