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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 can give insight into a character's lifestyle and allow sociological observations?
(a) Posture and observation.
(b) Posture and gesture.
(c) Posture and thought.
(d) Gesture and time.

2. What must artist and writers risk?
(a) Fix and finance.
(b) Expectation and loss.
(c) Trial and error.
(d) Exception and potential.

3. What kind of comics are generally entertainment-oriented?
(a) Comic books and warning labels.
(b) Fairy tales and dailies.
(c) Periodical comics and graphic novels.
(d) Stickers and graphic novels.

4. What is a modern attempt at codifying the wide range of postures and the emotions they reflect
(a) Gesture and wave.
(b) Gestural structure.
(c) Verbal communication.
(d) Body language.

5. When Eisner shows a segment of script in which an escaping fugitive falls down a manhole, how does he first show it?
(a) With no visuals only text.
(b) As a blank space.
(c) With the text.
(d) As a pure visual without text.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the artist at the mercy of?

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

3. What gives voice to thoughts and gives meaning to action?

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?

5. What field is writing for comics closely related to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the artist successfully convey an image of the human body?

2. Why is writing for comics most closely related to playwriting?

3. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 8.

4. Why are comic book artists frequently hired to produce storyboards for movie scripts and motion pictures?

5. How does the "blue line" method work?

6. Contrast gesture and posture.

7. Explain the goal of "Body language".

8. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 6.

9. Why are technical skills mandatory for comic book artists?

10. What temptation do artists have to detract from the text?

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