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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Images without words require what in the reader or viewer?
(a) Technical practice.
(b) Extra sophistication.
(c) Little knowledge.
(d) Belief.

2. What can artists be tempted to do to detract from the storyline?
(a) Sharpen the mind.
(b) Dazzle the eye.
(c) Hone the craft.
(d) Seize the day.

3. Through what must the artist seize attention and dictate the sequence?
(a) The narrative.
(b) The pages.
(c) The structural thought.
(d) The sequence.

4. What typically develops before graphic development?
(a) Words and page numbers.
(b) Words and panels.
(c) Words and speech bubbles.
(d) Words and imagery.

5. What field is writing for comics closely related to?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Playwriting.
(d) Theatrics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In comics, what produces immediate results?

2. Why does Eisner analyze this particular Spirit story in Chapter 3?

3. As artists tell stories to mass audiences, what do they use as means of arrangement?

4. After which century, did artists start to depend on expressions, postures, and backdrops?

5. What was the name of Eisner's 1981 attempt to illustrate Shakespeare's famous soliloquy of Hamlet?

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