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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must be broken down into segments when using a full-page frame?
(a) Words.
(b) Plot and action.
(c) Meter and rhythm.
(d) Scenes and pages.

2. What particular changes in sound does calligraphy relate to?
(a) Changes in vocal patterns.
(b) Changes in heart palpitations.
(c) Changes in inflection and sound levels in speech.
(d) Changes in pressure of vocal strings and ink.

3. What is one of the two examples of time measurement Eisner mentions?
(a) Radiowaves.
(b) Morse code.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Minutes.

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

5. Calligraphy symbols are rendered with what three things?
(a) Power, individuality, transcendence.
(b) Beauty, rhythm, and individuality.
(c) Beauty, power, rhythm.
(d) Progression, change, style.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eisner believe would happen if animals' faces were more flexible?

2. How does calligraphy relate to sound?

3. What depends on choosing worthwhile themes and innovating the exposition?

4. What are gestures "almost idiomatic" to?

5. In which 18th century tool do inscriptions reappear?

(see the answer key)

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