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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When can artists render color directly over line work?

2. In what time frame did comics assume the typical reader was a "10-year old from Iowa"?

3. What is often predetermined by the nature of the story?

4. What do most humans understand the face as?

5. What kind of printing never became widespread in comic printing.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Contrast gesture and posture.

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

5. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 5.

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

7. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 7.

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

9. Why should an artist read short stories?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 3 examines the function of balloons in comics. Balloons are meant to contain speech and illustrate visual sound. Though their job is to order and arrange the storyline, is it possible for balloons inhibit or hinder the meaning of a panel? Support your argument with at least two logical examples.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 4, Eisner discusses the power of the artist to create work that seizes the attention of the audience. However, he declares that there are discrepancies between entertainment genres. Discuss the advantages or disadvantages that film and theater have over comics. Support your argument with three solid examples from Chapter 4.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 2, the relationship of the sequential artist and the reader is examined. Eisner suggests that the reader and the sequential artist must communicate through mutual life experience. Answer the following question: Why must the sequential artist and the reader share life experiences for communication to occur? Use one of your own supporting ideas to back up your statement and at least two examples from the book.

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