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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of Eisner's Spirit stories he analyzes a hero who wishes to do what?
(a) Fly.
(b) Be invisible.
(c) Sing.
(d) Be invincible.

2. As a language, what do comics need to utilize?
(a) A pair of ears.
(b) A message.
(c) A pen and ink.
(d) A grammar.

3. What Spirit story written in 1947 mentions Yogi?
(a) Hoagy the Yogi, Part 1.
(b) Hoagy the Yogi, Part 2.
(c) Junior Yogi, Part 2.
(d) George and the Yogi.

4. What can hold the whole together through changes of scenery?
(a) Postcards.
(b) Scripts.
(c) Twine.
(d) Quills.

5. As artists tell stories to mass audiences, what do they use as means of arrangement?
(a) Trapezoids.
(b) Boxes.
(c) Bubbles.
(d) Triangles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which 18th century tool do inscriptions reappear?

2. What long Spirit story does Eisner analyze in Chapter 3?

3. How did comics begin?

4. How do comics form a language?

5. What type of art does "Comics as a Form of Reading" describe?

(see the answer key)

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