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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must be broken down into segments when using a full-page frame?
(a) Plot and action.
(b) Scenes and pages.
(c) Words.
(d) Meter and rhythm.

2. What is determined by how much space is available and what technology is to be used to reproduce it?
(a) Number of pages.
(b) Size of pens and number of colors.
(c) Size and number of ink sets.
(d) Size and number of pages and colors.

3. What approach predominates because comics mix letters and images?
(a) The sensory.
(b) The lingual.
(c) The tactile.
(d) The visual.

4. What does Eisner flatly declare about the relationship between artist and writer?
(a) They should be radically determined.
(b) They should be one.
(c) They should spend time apart.
(d) They should be obsessed.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the basic panel layout normally strictly prescribed?

2. How do you describe the kind of activity that bridges gaps in the action of the comic?

3. What does this alphabetic expression introduce?

4. What method is the mainstay for facial expressions and body movement?

5. How big is the simplified script when determining an agreement between artist and writer?

(see the answer key)

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