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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do balloons function for speech in comics?
(a) They relate content.
(b) They frame the speech.
(c) They enhance the speech.
(d) They focus on the visuals.

2. From which point of view must the creator render the elements?
(a) Creator's.
(b) Reader/viewer's.
(c) Character's.
(d) The panel's.

3. What has primacy over text in comics?
(a) Body posture and gesture.
(b) The image.
(c) Sound and song.
(d) The font.

4. What was used initially to create code that can be memorized and deciphered?
(a) Repetitive glyphs.
(b) Summary.
(c) Repetitive summary.
(d) Reproduction.

5. How many points does Eisner say an artist must understand about how objects work?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. When words are used, the task of rendering body and face grows more?

2. What must convey both time and emotion, according to Chapter 5?

3. What is usually the key to a gesture's meaning?

4. A comic artist's work must be reproducible by whose specifications?

5. What do purely instructional comics often use to show relevance?

(see the answer key)

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