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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What long Spirit story does Eisner analyze in Chapter 3?
(a) Foul Play.
(b) Popfly.
(c) Strikeout.
(d) Up and Out.

2. How do comics form a language?
(a) Through morphemes.
(b) By repetitiveness.
(c) Through content.
(d) By spontaneity.

3. How can instructional comics be divided?
(a) Technical and attitudinal.
(b) Attitudinal and longitudinal.
(c) Technical and latitudinal.
(d) Technical and inspirational.

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

5. What does Eisner believe would happen if animals' faces were more flexible?
(a) Humans would kill fewer.
(b) Humans would love animals.
(c) Humans wouldn't kill animals.
(d) Humans would kill more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other example of time measurement does Eisner mention?

2. In what time frame did comics assume the typical reader was a "10-year old from Iowa"?

3. What two things limit the artist's choice of outline?

4. Stories can be told through what alone?

5. What word does Eisner use to describe the relationship of timing and rhythm?

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