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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does this alphabetic expression introduce?
(a) Heartfelt communication.
(b) Deeper meanings and complexities.
(c) Simple principles.
(d) Syntactic process.

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

3. The sequential artist and the reader must share what kind of experience?
(a) Monetary trade.
(b) Oral communication.
(c) Life experience.
(d) Skill set experience.

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

5. In Eisner's third example of "Contract with God" what drips from the heavy lettering?
(a) Resin.
(b) Blood.
(c) Amber.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do comics form a language?

2. In "Contract with God," how is the text lettered?

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

4. What particular changes in sound does calligraphy relate to?

5. What can be used when facial expressions are critical?

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