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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used to move a reader or viewer through time?
(a) Lines.
(b) Colors.
(c) Texture.
(d) Panels.

2. What kind of introduction does "Comics as a Form of Reading" use to discuss art?
(a) Religious.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Geometric.

3. What do most humans understand the face as?
(a) A window to the heart.
(b) A window to the mind.
(c) A pathway to the top.
(d) A window to the eyes.

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

5. Why must the sequential artist and the reader share any experience?
(a) So communication can occur.
(b) So the panels are read correctly.
(c) So the reader understands the entirety of the piece.
(d) So the artist can get paid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around when did daily comic strips first appear?

2. What has provided a new horizon to the industry?

3. What is the most universal image in sequential art?

4. When Eisner shows a segment of script in which an escaping fugitive falls down a manhole, how does he first show it?

5. What conventions do comics rely on?

(see the answer key)

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