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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Show and Tell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most common type of transition in the most storytelling technique used in comics?
(a) Subject-to-subject
(b) Action-to-action
(c) Moment-to-moment
(d) Scene-to-scene

2. What did Eisner call a desperation device?
(a) Motion line
(b) Aspect-to-aspect
(c) Sound effects
(d) Word balloon

3. In the structure of a comic, where can senses and emotions be portrayed?
(a) Neither between nor within panels
(b) Between panels
(c) Within panels
(d) Both between and within panels

4. Which artist incorporated neurotic quill-lines into his/her work?
(a) Carl Bark
(b) Krystine Kryttre
(c) Chester Gould
(d) R. Crumb

5. Who came up with the first symbols to record certain commodities?
(a) Roman rulers
(b) Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia
(c) Ancient Greeks
(d) Egyptian accountants

Short Answer Questions

1. What invention had a significant effect on comics?

2. What is another word for motion lines?

3. What is the concept of uniting different art forms associated with different senses?

4. What type of magazine kept comics alive before the 20th century?

5. Who is the author of the book?

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