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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What particular changes in sound does calligraphy relate to?
(a) Changes in inflection and sound levels in speech.
(b) Changes in heart palpitations.
(c) Changes in pressure of vocal strings and ink.
(d) Changes in vocal patterns.

2. What tendency of the eye is an obstacle in comics?
(a) For the eye to wander.
(b) For the eye to blink.
(c) For the eye to cry.
(d) For the eye to dilate.

3. What must artist and writers risk?
(a) Fix and finance.
(b) Expectation and loss.
(c) Exception and potential.
(d) Trial and error.

4. When are the outlines determined by the artist?
(a) After the artist decides on the action.
(b) Before the artist decides on the action.
(c) While the artist draws the page.
(d) After the rest of the comic is drawn.

5. After which century, did artists start to depend on expressions, postures, and backdrops?
(a) 17th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 15th.
(d) 16th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eisner think light implies?

2. What must the artist deal with to decide when abbreviations or omissions are required?

3. Does this book suggest the structures of illustration and of prose are similar?

4. Through what must the artist seize attention and dictate the sequence?

5. How many points does Eisner say an artist must understand about how objects work?

(see the answer key)

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