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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 must artists realize about casual props like door hinges?
(a) They must move with gravity.
(b) They must look surreal.
(c) They must be rendered accurately.
(d) They must be brown with rust.

2. In what time frame did comics assume the typical reader was a "10-year old from Iowa"?
(a) Early 1930s to late 1960s.
(b) Early 1940s to late 1970s.
(c) 1950s to 1960s.
(d) 1940s to early 1960s.

3. In what person does Eisner illustrate and recast Hamlet?
(a) A journalist.
(b) A giant.
(c) A modern ghetto youth.
(d) A desperate accountant.

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

5. How can instructional comics be divided?
(a) Technical and inspirational.
(b) Technical and attitudinal.
(c) Technical and latitudinal.
(d) Attitudinal and longitudinal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What typically develops before graphic development?

2. What can artists be tempted to do to detract from the storyline?

3. What do the writer and artist "pledge allegiance" to when working on comics together?

4. What things are not described but added when words are coupled with images?

5. What was used initially to create code that can be memorized and deciphered?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 6.

2. How are comic book artists most challenged in portraying amorphics?

3. Which works are generally entertainment-oriented, and why?

4. Why does Eisner reproduce the story written by Jules Feiffer that was never published?

5. Why do people make important daily judgments about faces?

6. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 7.

7. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 8.

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

9. Why must frozen moments convey both time and emotion?

10. Why is teamwork often demanded by publishers?

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