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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What novelty can suggest dimension and involve the reader/viewer better than a regular container?
(a) Using 3D imagery.
(b) Using doorways or windows to frame a panel.
(c) Using rulers to structure lines clearly.
(d) Using accompanying CDs to explain the pages.

2. What tendency of the eye is an obstacle in comics?
(a) For the eye to cry.
(b) For the eye to blink.
(c) For the eye to dilate.
(d) For the eye to wander.

3. Does this book suggest the structures of illustration and of prose are similar?
(a) The article does not mention any similarity.
(b) The article says illustration has no structure.
(c) They are profoundly different.
(d) Yes.

4. How do you describe the kind of activity that bridges gaps in the action of the comic?
(a) Heartfelt.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Spatial.
(d) Visceral.

5. Images without words require what in the reader or viewer?
(a) Little knowledge.
(b) Belief.
(c) Technical practice.
(d) Extra sophistication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does lettering often serves as an extension of?

2. What does the storyteller want to cause the reader to do?

3. What kind of pictographs weld visual imagery and "uniform derivative" symbols?

4. What can happen after letters in comics are devised from familiar objects?

5. What are pages laid out as in an example chapter from Life on Another Planet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 4.

2. Why do images without words require extra sophistication in the reader/viewer?

3. Why are close-ups used when facial expressions are critical?

4. Give a brief summary of the historical evolution of comics according to Chapter 1.

5. Give examples of different lettering techniques or styles from Eisner's story Contract with God.

6. Describe the nature of calligraphy.

7. What can the artist be tempted to compromise for the sake of attracting buyers?

8. Why must the sequential artist and the reader share life experiences for communication to occur?

9. When inscriptions reappeared in the 18th-century, what did artists use to arrange their thoughts and actions for the audience?

10. Explain how composing a comic strip panel is like designing a mural, illustration, painting, or theatrical scene.

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