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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 should artists also read steadily to learn how to create plot and narration?
(a) Essays.
(b) Articles.
(c) Novels.
(d) Short stories.

2. How should publishers act?
(a) As catalysts.
(b) As entertainers.
(c) As robots.
(d) As moneymakers.

3. What does Chapter 6 focus on?
(a) Graphic imagery.
(b) Art styles.
(c) Character development.
(d) Writing.

4. What do the writer and artist "pledge allegiance" to when working on comics together?
(a) A specific skill set.
(b) The point.
(c) The message.
(d) The integrated whole.

5. What is the face sometimes treated as?
(a) A facet.
(b) A blight.
(c) A ligament.
(d) An appendage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of comics are generally entertainment-oriented?

2. How are comic book artists most challenged?

3. What kind of judgments do people make about faces?

4. Because halftone engraving in newspapers was crude, early strips were limited to what art?

5. What other method requires production of a paperboard with colors added to transparent overlays?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Name four of the eleven points Eisner covers, because he thinks an artist must understand about how objects work in order to portray them skillfully.

3. Explain the goal of "Body language".

4. Why are the body's gestures and postures stored in the artist's memory as a non-verbal vocabulary?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does artwork dominate the reader's initial response?

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