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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can artists be tempted to do to detract from the storyline?
(a) Dazzle the eye.
(b) Sharpen the mind.
(c) Hone the craft.
(d) Seize the day.

2. What characteristic of comics examines how the sequential artist works with space and time?
(a) Paneling.
(b) Timing.
(c) Style.
(d) Illusion.

3. What does much of the emotion and "intuitiveness" depend on from the artist?
(a) The artist's vision.
(b) The artist's style.
(c) The artist's patience.
(d) The artist's technique.

4. What is usually the key to a gesture's meaning?
(a) The final bubble.
(b) The final sketch.
(c) The final panel.
(d) The final position.

5. What can the frame's shape or absence convey?
(a) The profession of the artist.
(b) The progression of emotion.
(c) Character development.
(d) The sound and emotion of the action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What things are not described but added when words are coupled with images?

2. As a language, what do comics need to utilize?

3. What field is writing for comics closely related to?

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

5. What kind of pictographs weld visual imagery and "uniform derivative" symbols?

(see the answer key)

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