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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conventions do comics rely on?
(a) Reading conventions.
(b) Emotional conventions.
(c) Natural conventions.
(d) Symbolic conventions.

2. Imagery examines and illustrates the juxtaposition of what two things?
(a) Words and movement.
(b) Sound and thought.
(c) Music and imagery.
(d) Words and imagery.

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

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

5. What method is the mainstay for facial expressions and body movement?
(a) Simple, concise images.
(b) Exaggerated gesture.
(c) Heavy marking.
(d) Clear blocking.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what time frame did comics assume the typical reader was a "10-year old from Iowa"?

2. What is another word for panels?

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

4. What Spirit story written in 1947 mentions Yogi?

5. What are these artists trying to arrange?

(see the answer key)

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