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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What typically develops before graphic development?
(a) Words and page numbers.
(b) Words and imagery.
(c) Words and panels.
(d) Words and speech bubbles.

2. What is the absolute ratio of words to picture in comics?
(a) There is no absolute ratio.
(b) Twenty characters for three panels.
(c) 2:5.
(d) 3:1.

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

4. Through what must the artist seize attention and dictate the sequence?
(a) The pages.
(b) The structural thought.
(c) The sequence.
(d) The narrative.

5. What are these artists trying to arrange?
(a) Neural synapses.
(b) Complex thoughts, sounds, actions, and ideas.
(c) Power and wealth.
(d) Simple questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the writer and artist "pledge allegiance" to when working on comics together?

2. What does this alphabetic expression introduce?

3. Images without words require what in the reader or viewer?

4. When speed lines indicate motion they are part of what language?

5. What must the artist deal with to decide when abbreviations or omissions are required?

(see the answer key)

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