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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can give insight into a character's lifestyle and allow sociological observations?
(a) Gesture and time.
(b) Posture and gesture.
(c) Posture and observation.
(d) Posture and thought.

2. Stories can be told through what alone?
(a) Focal points.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Signatures.

3. What does Chapter 5 examine?
(a) Narrative.
(b) Framing.
(c) Sequence.
(d) Expressive anatomy.

4. Expression becomes an alphabet when it undergoes what process?
(a) Symbolification.
(b) Codification.
(c) Transmutation.
(d) Chrysallis.

5. What characteristics of panels contribute to the sequence of time?
(a) The speed and radius of panels.
(b) The depth and breadth of panels.
(c) The number and size of panels.
(d) The matter and width of panels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most humans understand the face as?

2. What characteristic of comics examines how the sequential artist works with space and time?

3. How can a panel have a body plunge down the right-hand margin of a page?

4. What does Eisner depict in three panels as an example of the inseparability of words and images?

5. What can artists be tempted to do to detract from the storyline?

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