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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advantage do film and theater have of an audience that is forced to do what?
(a) Charge per viewing.
(b) View the action as presented.
(c) Sit quietly.
(d) Press rewind and play buttons.

2. What does Eisner depict in three panels as an example of the inseparability of words and images?
(a) Three golden retrievers.
(b) Five gold rings.
(c) Two goldfish in a bowl.
(d) Five golden geese.

3. What is used to move a reader or viewer through time?
(a) Texture.
(b) Colors.
(c) Lines.
(d) Panels.

4. What does lettering often serves as an extension of?
(a) Ink.
(b) Tone.
(c) Phrasal verbs.
(d) Imagery.

5. What kinds of tasks are by nature, sequential?
(a) Procedures and processes.
(b) Thoughts and actions.
(c) Chores and language.
(d) Guidelines and perspective.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In one of Eisner's Spirit stories he analyzes a hero who wishes to do what?

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

4. What is one of the two examples of time measurement Eisner mentions?

5. What is another word for panels?

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