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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Imagery examines and illustrates the juxtaposition of what two things?
(a) Words and movement.
(b) Music and imagery.
(c) Words and imagery.
(d) Sound and thought.

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

3. For what purpose did the artists start to use expressions, postures, and backdrops?
(a) To explain their analysis.
(b) To express their ideas
(c) To format their pieces.
(d) To formulate their understanding.

4. What conventions do comics rely on?
(a) Reading conventions.
(b) Natural conventions.
(c) Emotional conventions.
(d) Symbolic conventions.

5. In a story by Eisner how does he make the text express the sentiment of a scene?
(a) The text is lettered in a similar style.
(b) The text is broken into many balloons.
(c) The text is fragmented across the panel.
(d) The text is lettered in teardrops.

6. Why is time harder to measure in comics?
(a) Because it is more linear.
(b) Because it is more illusory.
(c) Because it is more circular.
(d) Because it is more visible.

7. In which 18th century tool do inscriptions reappear?
(a) Broadpages.
(b) Broadsheets.
(c) Narrowplanes.
(d) Narrowpanels.

8. Why is the basic panel layout normally strictly prescribed?
(a) Timelines.
(b) Due dates.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Space constraints.

9. What can happen after letters in comics are devised from familiar objects?
(a) They are reduced.
(b) They function verbally.
(c) They are abstracted.
(d) They become concrete.

10. What do different renderings require from the viewer?
(a) Lesser or greater memory and deduction.
(b) Time.
(c) Inference and trained memorization.
(d) Good eyesight.

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

12. How did comics begin?
(a) In printmaking.
(b) As short features.
(c) As one-page illustrations.
(d) In MS Paint.

13. What does this alphabetic expression introduce?
(a) Syntactic process.
(b) Simple principles.
(c) Deeper meanings and complexities.
(d) Heartfelt communication.

14. The sequential artist and the reader must share what kind of experience?
(a) Life experience.
(b) Skill set experience.
(c) Monetary trade.
(d) Oral communication.

15. What other example of time measurement does Eisner mention?
(a) Seconds.
(b) Symmetric space.
(c) Musical notation.
(d) Diameter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tendency of the eye is an obstacle in comics?

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

3. What kind of introduction does "Comics as a Form of Reading" use to discuss art?

4. What are the main forums for sequential art in today's world?

5. Around when did daily comic strips first appear?

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