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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. What is the title of Chapter 6?
2. How many points does Eisner say an artist must understand about how objects work?
3. What should artists also read steadily to learn how to create plot and narration?
4. What does Eisner depict in three panels as an example of the inseparability of words and images?
5. What sweeping characteristic helps make the point of the artist and influence the reader/viewer?
Short Essay Questions
1. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 5.
2. Why do purely instructional comics often use humor?
3. Give a brief synopsis of Chapter 8.
4. Which works are generally entertainment-oriented, and why?
5. Contrast gesture and posture.
6. Why are technical skills mandatory for comic book artists?
7. 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.
8. Why do entertainment comics deny to the readers/viewers much of the freedom they would enjoy in pure prose?
9. Why does Eisner reproduce several pages from his graphic novel To the Heart of the Storm along with a close-up pencil dummy page?
10. How are comic book artists most challenged in portraying amorphics?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 4, Eisner develops more comparisons between comics and other forms of entertainment. At one point, he suggests that composing a comic strip panel is like designing a theatrical scene, illustration, painting, or mural. Explain Eisner's reasoning using at least four examples from Chapter 4.
Essay Topic 2
Chapter 3 analyzes the relationship between space, time, and visual perspective. Eisner explains that distance is often measured by sight and sound, but it is more difficult to assess time, because it is more illusory. Compile at least three examples provided by Eisner's work and examine the similarities and differences between how time, sight, and sound are measured and expressed in comics.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 4, the emphasis on the artist's particular "style" in comics demonstrates that there are many styles to choose from and that each has its own unique characteristics. However, the artist's style must still express meaning to the audience. Discuss four ways in which an artist's style can help or hinder the audience to understand a comic.
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